First Transport of Polish Prisoners Arrives at Auschwitz

On June 14, 1940, the first transport of Polish political prisoners arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp. German authorities in occupied Poland transported 728 prisoners who were being held in a prison in Tarnów to Auschwitz. This was the first of many transports of Poles to the Auschwitz camp. The first prisoner roll call (Appell) at Auschwitz took place that day. 

The SS had established a concentration camp near the city of Oświęcim (called Auschwitz in German) specifically to imprison Polish political prisoners arrested by the German occupation authorities.