Ala Gertner took fate into her own 821 "bOAUST MUSEUM As a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ala and other women smuggled out gunpowder and explosives from the factory where they were forced to work
Ala Gertner took fate into her own 821 "bOAUST MUSEUM As a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ala and other women smuggled out gunpowder and explosives from the factory where they were forced to work. They passed the items off to other members of the camp's resistance movement in hopes of destroying the crematoriums and gas chambers and helping thousands escape. .l 30% In October 1944, the group took action. They killed three guards and set fire to one crematorium, making it inoperable. Follow The guards crushed the revolt and killed almost all of the prisoners involved in the rebellion. G During the investigation that followed the short-lived uprising, four Jewish women were directly implicated in the theft of the explosives--including Ala. She was publicly hanged at Auschwitz just weeks before the camp was liberated in January 1945. less 6 October holocaustmuseum holocaustmuseum • Original audio Tho dautho Nozis nmo tn hor Continue reading
