Today in World War II History—April 7, 1944
Sunday, April 7, 2019 by Sarah Sundin

“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944 (public domain via Yad Vashem)
75 Years Ago—April 7, 1944: Slovak Jews Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Auschwitz; they will write a detailed report that will be published in Geneva on May 17 and will lead Hungary to halt deportations in July 1944.
At besieged Kohima in India, Japanese troops seize the city’s water supply.