Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto.

The raid on the Roman Ghetto took place on 16 October 1943. 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.

October 16 is the 289th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 76 days remain until the end of the year.