10 January 1917 | Pole Włodzimierz Kurowski was born in Lubartów. A tobacco grower. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19452 He perished in the camp on 3 January 1942. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

10 January 1908 | Polish man, Adam Kozaczka, was born in Krakow. An attorney. In #Auschwitz from 23 January 1943. No. 93198 In 1944 he was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen. He survived the war. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

11 January 1939 | Czech Jewish girl Věra Vohryzková was born (right). She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943 with her mother Štěpánka and brother Jiří. None of them survived.

11 January 1914 | Irish Jewish woman of Czech origin Esther (Ettie) Steinberg was born. In Dublin, she married Vogtjeck Gluck & moved first to Antwerp & then to Paris. On 2 September 1942, the couple was deported to Auschwitz with their son Léon. None of them survived.

11 January 1894 | Polish Jew Moses Berkensztat was born in the village of Prusicko. Shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941. No. 22210 He perished in the camp three days later. --- 🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

11 January 1902 | Czech Emanuel Balek was born in Prague. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942. No. 35819 He perished in the camp on 14 August 1942. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

11 January 1942 | Dutch Jewish boy Simon Benjamins was born in Groningen. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz together with his mother Branca, brother Marcus and sister Lea. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.

📷 Fences of the oldest part of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp - section BIb. A disinfection building is visible on the left. ▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA --- Photo: https://www.facebook.com/ed.bocchino.54

11 January 1903 | Czech Jewish woman Ilse Weber was born in Vítkovice. A writer. She lived in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 4 October 1944. On 6 October 1944 murdered in a gas chamber.

11 January 1901 | Polish woman Honorata Urzyczak was born in Warsaw. A teacher. She was imprisoned in #Auschwitz on 30 July 1942. No. 13163 Evacuated to Bergen-Belsen and liberated there.

11 January 1898 | Polish Jewish woman Ruchla Ciechanower was born in Maków Mazowiecki. On 10 December 1942 she arrived at #Auschwitz from Małkinia in a transport of 2,500 Jews. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

12 January 1907 | Czech Jewish woman Anna Deutschová was born in Olomouc. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Tehresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive. --- ▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA

12 January 1894 | A Dutch Jew, Levi van Thijn, was born in Alkmaar. In August 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz together with his wife Leentje and their son Marcus. None of them survived. --- 🎧 Listen about the development of the murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

12 January 1913 | A French Jewish woman Emilienne Gourevitch was born in Paris. On 30 May 1944 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

12 January 1915 | Pole Wacław Śliwka was born in Wilkołazy. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19453 He perished in the camp on 1 April 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

12 January 1937 | Jewish girl Marianne Kohn was born in Oșorhei (Marosvásárhely) in Romania. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

12 January 1943 | A Czech Roma prisoner, Ignacy Mrnka, was captured by SS guards while trying to escape. He was taken to the camp arrest in the bunker of Block 11 at #Auschwitz I & executed by shooting two days later, after the selection made in the bunker.

12 January 1890 | Polish Jew Chaim Schwimmer was born in Żbikowice. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24345 He perished in the camp on 27 December 1941. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

12 January 1943 | An SS doctor carried out a selection in the prisoner hospital in Block 28, after which 35 prisoners were killed by intracardiac injections of phenol. Learn about criminal medicine in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/medicine-in-auschwitz

12 January 1942 | Czech Roma girl Eleonore Daniel was born in Brno. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 22 August 1943. No. Z-9168 She perished in the camp on 18 December 1943. --- The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0

12 January 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marta Müllerová, was born in Mníšek pod Brdy. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

13 January 1927 | French Jewish girl Renee Korzec was born in Paris. She was a pupil. On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

13 January 1888 | Czech Jew Rudolf Stein was born in Smilovice. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.

13 January 1936 | Austrian Jewish boy George Peter Liebross was born in Vienna. He 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

13 January 1923 | Polish woman Emilia Kamluk was born in Zwierzyniec. In #Auschwitz from 28 January 1943. No. 31947 She perished in the camp on 20 February 1943. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

13 January 1924 | Czech Jewish woman Edita Kohnová was born in Prague. She was a student. On 4 October 1944 she arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from #Theresienstadt ghetto. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

13 January 1939 | Dutch Jew Eric Polak was born in Amsterdam. In February 1944 he 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

13 January 1913 | Pyotr Lukinich was born in the village of Vyerchnaya Polevaya in the Kurgansk region. Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-6218 He perished in the camp on 20 December 1941.

13 January 1875 | German Jewish woman Emma Tobias (nee Oppenheim) was born in Schönlanke (today Trzcianka in Poland). During the war she lived in Berlin. She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 🎧 Mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

14 January 1927 | German Jewish girl Vera Judith Schlein was born in Magdeburg. During the war she lived in Amsterdam. In January 1944 she was deported from Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto, from where she was taken to #Auschwitz on 19 October 1944. She did not survive.

14 January 1897 | W Czech Jew, Wilhelm Fischmann, was born in Teplice. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

14 January 1919 | Italian Jew Franco Sacerdoti was born in Naples. On 22 February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. No. 174545 He did not survive. One of about 7,500 Italian Jews deported to #Auschwitz.

14 January 1912 | Pole Józef Szychowski was born in Justynów. A carpenter. In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942. No. 35621 He perished in the camp on 9 September 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

14 January 1932 | Dutch Jewish boy Hartog Roodveldt was born in Amsterdam. On 31 August 1943, he was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

14 January 1891 | Polish Jew Abraham Finkielsztajn was born in Nowa Słupia. A paramedic. In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941. No. 21186 He perished in the camp on 21 October 1941. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

14 January 1906 | Polish woman Stanisława Śliwa-Wrońska was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza. In #Auschwitz from 28 January 1943. No. 32041 She was transferred to KL Flossenbürg and liberated there. --- Women at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

15 January 1912 | Greek Jewish woman, Sarah Saül (nee Frandjy), was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 31 July 1944. She did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

15 January 1905 | Polish Jew Symcha Srebnik was born in Warsaw. In #Auschwitz from 21 April 1942 No. 31918 He perished in the camp on 20 June 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

15 January 1887 | Samuel Dabrosin, a Jew, was born in Vitebsk. In 1911 he emigrated to Norway. A carpenter. Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.

15 January 1909 | Pole Michał Anioł was born in Kocmyrzów. A locksmith. In #Auschwitz from 12 August 1941 No. 20041 He perished in the camp on 25 December 1941. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

15 January 1912 | Polish Jewish woman Chaja Ita Cymbler was born in Będzin. She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

15 January 1943 | A transport of 2,000 Jews deported from the ghetto in Zambrów in German-occupied Poland arrived at #Auschwitz. SS doctors selected 217 men & 21 women to be registered as prisoners. The remaining 1,762 people were murdered immediately in gas chambers.

15 January 1912 | Czech Jewish woman Helena Arnsteinová was born in Prague. Saleswoman. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She did not survive.

14 January 1942 | German Sinti girl Hildegard Widic was born in Elberfeld. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 9 March 1943. No. Z-1925 She perished in the camp on April 12, 1943.

15 January 1916 | Polish Jew Szmul Lewi Wajnsztejn was born in Sokołów. A tailor. During the war he lived in France. In #Auschwitz from 30 June 1942 No 43667 He perished in the camp on 18 August 1942. --- 🎧 Tthe situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

16 January 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Salomon Harschel was born in The Hague. In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.

16 January 1902 | Polish Jew Mati Eltinger was born in Częstochowa. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 9 January 1942. No. 62663 Evacuated to KL Buchenwald. Fate unknown. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

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