Ala Gertner

Ala Gertner (12 March 1912 – 5 January 1945), referred to in other sources as Alla, Alina, Ella, and Ela Gertner, was one of four women hanged in the Auschwitz concentration camp for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt of 7 October 1944.

Ala Gertner
Portrait photograph of Gertner from the photo studio in the Będzin Ghetto, circa 1943
Born12 March 1912
Będzin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died5 January 1945(1945-01-05) (aged 32)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
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