deportation of prisoners to KL Auschwitz from the Rawicz and Wronki penitentiaries

Over 7,000 prisoners mostly Poles were deported to KL Auschwitz. Most of the people deported had been arrested for clandestine activity in the Polish underground or for breaking regulations of Nazi occupation legislation. This article describes the deportation of prisoners, and explains why and how these deportations occurred. It also mentions how many people were deported and what happened to them