Fourteen-year-old Sinto Johann Winterstein was shot at the so-called Death Wall after fleeing or being suspected of trying to escape. On the same day, eleven other Sinti and Roma were murdered there. Camp authorities treated attempts to escape as grounds for execution, while the record preserves the name and age of one young prisoner.
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Why was Johann Winterstein shot at Auschwitz on 25 June 1943?
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Camp authorities executed Winterstein and eleven other Sinti and Roma at the Death Wall.