999 The Forgotten Girls Of The Holocaust on SBS and SBS on Demand – To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
This documentary chronicles the untold story of 999 mostly teenage girls betrayed by their government. Told that by volunteering for “work” they would fulfill their patriotic duty, these innocent young women willingly bid their families farewell.
Under the cloak of deceit, they were transported on a one-way ticket to Auschwitz. The few who survived endured more than three years in the death camp. Witness the last living survivors of the First Jewish Transport and learn their story.
999 The Forgotten Girls Of The Holocaust on SBS and SBS on Demand – Premiere / Saturday 1 February at 5.25pm
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