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Anna Heilman, born Hana Wajcblum, referred to in other sources as Hanka or Chana Weissman, was one of the surviving Auschwitz ex-prisoners who were in on the plot to blow up the crematoria. She, her sister Estusia, and other women smuggled gunpowder out of the Union munitions factory and passed it from insider to insider until it reached the Sonderkommando. The women involved in the gunpowder... MORE Anna Heilman, born Hana Wajcblum, referred to in other sources as Hanka or Chana Weissman, was one of the surviving Auschwitz ex-prisoners who were in on the plot to blow up the crematoria. She, her sister Estusia, and other women smuggled gunpowder out of the Union munitions factory and passed it from insider to insider until it reached the Sonderkommando. The women involved in the gunpowder smuggling chain include Roza Robota, Ala Gertner, Regina Szafirztajn, Rose Grunapfel Meth, Hadassa Zlotnicka, Marta Bindiger, Genia Fischer, Inge Frank, Ilse, and Antichka. LESS |
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(part 5) The Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme, in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education and Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, has produced DVD "Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion" with 6 testimonies and study guide for high school students to better understand the ways in which the Holocaust affected woman. Study guide is available at www.un.org

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