Expulsion or deportation

Raid of the Ghetto of Rome

16 Oct 1943 · 41.89° N, 12.48° E

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When
16 Oct 1943
Kind
Expulsion or deportation
Deaths
1,007
Coordinates
41.89° N, 12.48° E
Description
1943 Event in the Holocaust

Raid on the Roman Ghetto

Event in the Holocaust

The raid on the Roman Ghetto took place on 16 October 1943. A total of 1,259 people, mainly members of the Jewish community—numbering 363 men, 689 women, and 207 children—were detained by the Gestapo. Of these detainees, 1,023 were identified as Jews and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Of these deportees, only fifteen men and one woman survived.

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