Transport from Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece to Auschwitz Birkenau, Extermination Camp, Poland on 27/03/1943

On March 27, 1943 the fifth transport left Thessaloniki. A total of 2,800 Jews were included in the transport. They were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where they arrived on April 3, 1943. Among the deportees 334 men were selected to enter the camp and tatooed with the numbers 112307-112640, and 258 women were tatooed with the numbers 39964-40221. The remaining 2,208 Jews were murdered in the gas chambers immediately upon arrival. There are three known women who survived the experiment Block No 10 at Auschwitz, among them Palomba Bensoa, who was on this transport. Bensoa was subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Samuel and Dr. Klauber, and remained in Block 10 until January 1945.