Attack on the twentieth convoy
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The Twentieth Convoy, also known as the Twentieth Train, was a Holocaust train and prisoner transport in Belgium organized by Nazi Germany during World War II.
On 19 April 1943, members of the Belgian Resistance stopped the train and freed a number of Jewish and Roma civilians who were being transported to Auschwitz concentration camp from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium. In the aftermath of the attack, a number of others were able to jump from the train too. In all, 233 people managed to escape, of whom 118 ultimately survived. The remainder were either killed during the escape or were recaptured soon afterwards. The attack was unusual as an attempt by the resistance to free Jewish deportees and marks the only "mass breakout" by deportees on a Holocaust train.
See also
- Mechelen transit camp
- April 1943
- FN M1905
- The Holocaust in Belgium
- Tir national
- Twentieth convoy (redirect page)
- History of Belgium
- Boortmeerbeek
- Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust
- Resistance during World War II
- Belgian Resistance
- History of the Jews in Belgium
- Holocaust trains
- Resistance during the Holocaust
- Mechelen transit camp
- Timeline of World War II (1943)
- Belgium in World War II
- The Holocaust in Belgium
- Simon Gronowski
- German occupation of Belgium during World War II
