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The year 1942 is to be the most significant of the 'Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
France is the first western country to deport resident Jews: the Vichy Government makes a deal with the SS to round up 'foreign' Jews living in France, but not those with French citizenship.
More than 4,000 Jewish children are separated from their parents, deported from France and sent to Auschwitz, where they are gassed on arrival.
Even parts of the United Kingdom that were occupied become involved in the deportation of Jews.
In Guernsey, the police hand over three Jewish women living on the island for deportation. When they finally arrive in Auschwitz, 900 miles away, they are murdered.
Neither the French nor the Channel Island authorities knew for certain what would be the fate of the Jews they helped to deport - but they most certainly did know how much the Nazis hated the Jews.
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Auschwitz: The Nazis & the 'Final Solution' (2005) - 1x03 - Factories of Death