06.2025
85 lat wcześniej stąd wyruszył do KL Auschwitz pierwszy transport więźniów.
85th anniversary of the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz – 14 June 2025
On 14 June 1940, the Germans transferred a group of 728 Poles from the prison in Tarnów to the Auschwitz camp. The group included soldiers of the September campaign, members of the independence underground organisations, school pupils and students, and a small group of Polish Jews. They were given numbers from 31 to 758. Of the 728 deported prisoners, 325 survived the war, 292 perished, while the fate of 111 is unknown to date.