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-'''Gunskirchen'''
+#REDIRECT [[Category:Gunskirchen (subject)]]
-== The Liberation of the camp ==
-In the days before liberation, the situation at Gunskirchen went completely out of control. There was no food, fresh water, sheltering for the thousands of prisoners who arrived at the camp.
-=== The [[Kovno Boys]] ===
-Among the numerous children who were liberated at Gunskirchen were 37 [[Kovno Boy]].
-In July 1944, at the liquidation of the [[Kovno Ghetto]], 131 boys were separated from the parents and sent to [[Auschwitz]]. At Auschwitz two main selections progressively reduced their number. On January 18, 1945, the remaining 39 boys were forced into a death march to [[Mauthausen]] and then in mid-April to [[Gunskirchen]], where 37 boys were liberated by American soldiers.
-The group of 37 survivors at [[Gunskirchen]] included:
-* [[Leib Braverman]] (1929)
-* [[Daniel Chanoch]] (1933)
-* [[Yehuda Feigin]] (1931)
-* [[Shlomo Galperin]] (1931)
-* [[Meir Gecht]] (1929-2011)
-* [[Zundel Gordon]] (1929)
-* [[Dan Labanovski]] (1933)
-* [[Shlomo Levin]] (1931?)
-* [[Moshe Shoham]] (1929-2013)
-* + [[Kalman Arieli]] (1928), who had joined the group only later at [[Auschwitz]].
-[[File:Kovno Children.jpg|500px]]
-=== Other children ===
-Numerous other children were liberated at Gunskirchen, coming from other camps.