Approximately 200 children were deported from Rome on October 16, 1943, and none of them survived.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionItaly
- Omissions
- The exact figure according to historical records is 207 children (not 'approximately 200')
- The total number of people deported that day was 1,259 (689 women, 363 men, and 207 children)
- Only 16 of the total deportees survived, and these were adults selected for forced labor; children, elderly, and those deemed unfit for work were murdered upon arrival
- Sources
- PrimaryFondazione Fossoli207 children (bambini) were deported among 1,259 total deportees on October 16, 1943; only 16 survivors in total
- PrimaryMuseo della Shoah di RomaThe deportation on October 16, 1943 (known as 'La Razzia del Ghetto') resulted in the arrest and deportation of Roman Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau
- AcademicAnna Foa - Senato della Repubblica Italiana434 Jews arrested in the former ghetto territory, 565 outside; 98% were Italian Jews, 82% Roman; total deportations