| Raid on the Roman Ghetto | |
|---|---|
 Commemoration of the raid | |
  Raid on the Roman Ghetto (Rome) | |
| Location | Roman Ghetto, Rome, Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°53′33″N 12°28′39″E / 41.89250°N 12.47750°E |
| Date | 16 October 1943 |
| Target | Italian Jews and Jewish refugees |
Attack type | Arrest for deportation to extermination camps |
| Deaths | 1,007 murdered in extermination camps |
| Perpetrators | German security forces & police |
The raid on the Roman Ghetto took place on 16 October 1943.[1] A total of 1,259 people, mainly members of the Jewish community—numbering 363 men, 689 women, and 207 children—were detained by the Gestapo. Of these detainees, 1,023 were identified as Jews and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Of these deportees, only fifteen men and one woman survived.
- ^ "Italy's first Holocaust museum to be built in Rome". The Jerusalem Post. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2015.