Ca. 5 October 1942 | A horrible massacre took place in the female sub-camp of KL #Auschwitz in Budy. German female functionary prisoners and SS guards used rods, axes and rifle butts & murdered around 90 prisoners, French Jewish women.

The penal company for female prisoners in Budy, about 7 km. from Auschwitz, was created in June 1942 in reprisal for an escape from Auschwitz by a Polish female prisoner. 400 women of various ethnic backgrounds were imprisoned there in horrible conditions.

The camp administration investigated the massacre, but failed to discover the cause. Commandant Rudolf Höss defined the massacre as “a revolt instigated by prisoners who used stones and clubs in an attempt to terrorize the capo and make their way out of the camp.”

SS man Pery Broad claimed that a German woman noticed a stone in the hand of Jewish woman. Broad felt that this was a “hysterical illusion.” The German woman called for help. At that point, the female supervisors and guards began slaughtering the French Jews.

The following day, the Germans murdered all the women who remained alive after being injured in the massacre. They also killed six German female functionaries who had taken part in the slaughter.