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Prewar portrait of Ala Gartner, who was later imprisoned in the Auschwitz camp. She participated in the camp's resistance movement and was hanged for her part in smuggling the gunpowder that destroyed Crematorium 4 at Auschwitz. Bedzin, Poland, 1930s.

Prewar portrait of Ala Gartner, who was later imprisoned in the Auschwitz camp. She participated in the camp's resistance movement and was hanged for her part in smuggling the gunpowder that destroyed Crematorium 4 at Auschwitz. Bedzin, Poland, 1930s.

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