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Vrba-Wetzler Memorial

Vrba-Wetzler Memorial

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Vrba-Wetzler Memorial

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Location: Rajcza, powiat żywiecki, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

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Halbschuh

May 6, 2025

Hiking

Directly at the border is a memorial to the two famous Auschwitz escapees, Alfred Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba, who tried in vain to warn of the impending extermination of Hungarian Jews in April 1944. At this point, after days of fleeing, they crossed the border into their Slovak homeland. From Skalité, they went to Cadca and Žilina, where they contacted the Jewish community to report on the horrors of Auschwitz. - martingilbert.com/blog/rudolf-vrba-and-alfred-wetzlers-escape-from-auschwitz-april-1944

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Halbschuh

May 6, 2025

Hiking

Since 2014, tours have been organized that recreate the trail. vrbawetzler.sk/en/trasa

With a little detective skill, you can also walk the route on your own, although the conditions are obviously different these days.

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MJSTR

May 7, 2024

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Dedicated to Vrba and Wetzler, who escaped from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in April 1944 to tell the world about the death factory.

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