8 January 1924 | Polish man, Mieczysław Płachecki, was born in Horodzieje. A student. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37562 In 1943 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

📷 The ruins of the gas chamber and crematorium II at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. The remains of the crematorium hall. ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck --- Video: https://www.instagram.com/luigiwalt/

8 January 1939 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Victor Popiołek, was born in Merlebach. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 6 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/

8 January 1943 | Hungarian Jewish girl Lea Sherman was born in Nagyvárad (Oradea). In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

8 January 1936 | Slovak Jewish girl Eva Neumann was born in Levice. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

8 January 1920 | Czech Jewish woman Oldřiška Lažanská-Wurmová was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 12 October 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

8 January 1925 | Polish Jewish man, Jose Guzman, was born in Warsaw. He emigrated to France. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 6 March 1943. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

7 January 1933 | Dutch Jewish boy Maurits Henk van Oosten (right) was born in Assen. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His brothers Jonas (left) and Israël Berty (centre) also perished in the camp.

PODCAST | The Revolt of Sonderkommando Prisoners On 7 October 1944, a revolt broke out in the Sonderkommand at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. Listen about the resistance in gas chambers & the revolt: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/the-revolt-of-sonderkommando-prisoners/

7 January 1933 | Czech Roma girl Antonie Holomek was born in Svatobořice. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 19 March 1943. No. Z-5276 She perished in the camp on 13 October 1943. --- Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/

7 January 1921 | A Czech Jew Pavel Friedmann was born in Prague. A student & poet. In #Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942 he wrote a poem "Butterfly". Deported to #Auschwitz on 29 September 1944. He did not survive.

7 January 1938 | French Jewish boy Pierre Deutsch was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 December 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy. He was among 661 of them murdered after selection in a gas chamber.

7 January 1912 | Pole Bolesław Świderski was born. A journalist. In #Auschwitz from 20 June 1940. No. 952 In 1943 he was transferred to KL Neuengamme. He survived the war. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

Block 8. Part of the exhibition “Auschwitz – Experiences of Camp Prisoners”. A video from the exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7opGrLt0b8 --- Photos: https://www.instagram.com/owen.michelson_/

7 January 1926 | Polish Jewish girl Fajgla Kilsztajn was born in Będzin. In 1942 she was deported from the ghetto in Kamionka to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

7 January 1890 | Czech Jew Bernhard Jelinek was born in Daczyce. A tanner. In #Auschwitz from 14 December 1941. No. 24490 He perished in the camp on 20 January 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

7 January 1926 | French Jew, Williams Mann, was born in Auxi-le-Château. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 27 March 1944. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

6 January 1878 | Jewish man, Hanen Angel, was born in Thessaloniki (then Ottoman Empire, today Greece). He emigrated to France. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 20 January 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.

6 January 1945 | A German Jewish woman, Edith Frank, the mother of Anne and Margot Frank, died at the German camp #Auschwitz from exhaustion. It happened 3 weeks before the Red Army liberated the last prisoners of the camp and 10 days before Edith's 45th birthday.

PODCAST | The first crematorium and the Sonderkommando in Auschwi From the beginning of the Auschwitz camp, the bodies of murdered prisoners were incinerated, and this work had to be done by prisoners. Listen to our podcast about the beginnings of this special work unit: https://t.co/59OQJjQCjW

6 January 1923 | Polish woman Marcelina Szegda was born in the village of Zaczarnie. A waitress. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No. 32231 She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

6 January 1945 | A German Jewish woman, Edith Frank, the mother of Anne and Margot Frank, died at the German camp #Auschwitz from exhaustion. It happened 3 weeks before the Red Army liberated the last prisoners of the camp and 10 days before Edith's 45th birthday.

6 January 1934 | A Czech Jewish boy, Ivo Klemperer, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 23 October 1944. He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

6 January 1896 | A Hungarian Jewish woman Blanka Kaufmann was born. A housewife. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 📖 Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

6 January 1902 | Pole Julian Stanach was born in Krakow. A geologist, professor of Jagiellonian University. Involved in the resistance activity. In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942. No. 35743 He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.

6 January 1889 | Dutch Jew Salomon Pachter was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 24 January 1943 in a transport of 516 Jews deported from #Westerbork. Murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

6 January 1932 | French Jewish girl Germaine Steinlauf was born in Nice. On 10 February 1944 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,500 Jews. On 13 February 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber.

6 January 1881 | German Jewish woman Paula Schönhof was born in Frankfurt am Main. In September 1942 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt ghetto from where she was deported to #Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

5 January 1858 | Hungarian Jew Yakow Heizler was born in Apostag. He was a soldier. During the war he lived in Ujpest. In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 📖 Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

ONLINE LESSON | Deportations from the Zamość Region to Auschwitz This lesson is dedicated to the fate of 1,301 Polish people deported to Auschwitz within the ethnic cleansing program perpetrated by Nazi Germany in the Zamość Region in 1942/3. See the lesson: https://t.co/F1tMQf0z9h

5 January 1914 | Vasily Yavdachenko was born. Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/

5 January 1936 | Yugoslav Jewish girl Aniko Bohm was born in Subotica. She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

5 January 1891 | Polish Jew Borach Ostrowiecki was born in Nowy Korczyn. A merchant. In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941 No. 20811 He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

5 January 1894 | Polish woman Klaudia Golbiak was born in the village of Żmudź. A housewife. In #Auschwitz from 5 February 1943. No. 34373 She perished in the camp on 12 March 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

5 January 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Lea Cohen, was born in Assen. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her brother Mozes (in the picture with Lea), and mother Kaatje. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

5 January 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Grietje van der Wijk, was born in Groningen. Deported from #Westerbork to the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 26 February 1944. On 16 May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her mother Claartje and brother Jozef. They did not survive.

5 January 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Strassberg, was born in Antwerp. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection.

4 January 1924 | Hungarian Jew Zoltan Junger was born in Miskolc. A carpenter. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

📖 Voices of Memory vol. 1 - The Evacuation, Liquidation, and Liberation of Auschwitz It includes a historical outline, accounts, photographs, and documents. #eBook: https://books.auschwitz.org/en_US/p/E-BOOK-Voices-of-Memory-1.-The-Evacuation%2C-Liquidation%2C-and-Liberation-of-Auschwitz/458

4 January 1902 | Pole Fabian Sowiński was born in Radomsko. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 38021 He was transferred to KL Mauthausen, where he perished on 1 August 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

4 January 1925 | French Jew Jean Salomon Mosse was born in Paris. On 20 November 1943 he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,200 Jews. He arrived at the camp on 23 November 1943. No. 164584 He did not survive.

4 January 1921 | Dutch Jewish woman Ester Levitus was born in Amsterdam. A clerk. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz, where she was killed on 21 August with a phenol heart injection. Her parents Jakob & Sophia and younger sister Lena were also murdered in the camp.

4 January 1910 | Spanish man Joaquín Corteillo, was born in Valencia. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 18 July 1942. No. 18186 He perished in the camp on 1 September 1942.

📷 The “Arbeit macht frei” gate of the Auschwitz I camp. The inscription over the gate, which meant “work makes one free”, was a cynical promise and a lie given to all the prisoners who entered the camp. --- Photo: instagram.com/nikki_reporter_photo

4 January 1914 | Pole Stanislaw Szczepanik was born in Chybie. A football player, from 1929-37, a defender in Wisła Kraków. In #Auschwitz from 25 August 1943. In 1944 he was transferred to Mauthausen, where he perished.

4 January 1879 | Jewish woman Marta Cohn was born in Siemianowice Śląskie. During the war, she lived in Jaworzno. In July 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

4 January 1892 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Rozenblum, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. He emigrated to Belgium. In April 1944 he was deported from Mechelen / Malines to Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

4 January 1923 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Sonja Adler, was born in Sluis. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- 📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

3 January 1927 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Arnold Jaffe, was born in Gjøvik. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942. After the selection - together with his father Samson and mother Ruth - he was murdered in a gas chamber.

PODCAST | Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/