9 January 1934 | French Jewish girl Huguette Szterck was born in Paris.
On 24 August 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,008 Jews. She arrived at the camp on 26 August. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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9 January 1899 | A Polish man, Jan Piekarniak, was born in Podłęcze. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 18 April 1942.
No. 31234
In 1943, he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
9 January 1894 | Hungarian Jewish woman Ella Strasszer was born in Bonyhád. A housewife.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber.
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📖 Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/
9 January 1942 | Dutch Jewish boy Jacob de Mesquita was born in Amsterdam.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 October 1942 in a transport of 1,710 Jews. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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9 January 1901 | Pole Stanisław Dubois was born in Warsaw. A socialist activist, MP in Polish Parliament. He fought in Silesian Uprisings & 1920 Polish-Soviet war.
In #Auschwitz from 22 September 1940
No. 3904
Active in camp resistance.
Shot in the camp on 20 August 1942.
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▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
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9 January 1900 | Polish Jew Abraham Chaskel was born in Brzostek. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 15 May 1942.
No. 35670
He died in the camp on 9 June 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
9 January 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Herzogová, was born in Miroslav.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
9 January 1903 | A Jewish woman, Rachel Dimenstein, (nee Kutsovsky) was born in Pereiaslav (today in Ukraine). She emigrated to Belgium.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Mechelen on 31 July 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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8 January 1932 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Leopold Moses Borøchstein, was born in Kristiansund.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport together with his mother Masha and four siblings on 3 March 1943. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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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.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola.
As a prisoner of #Auschwitz at the end of July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.
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Listen to our podcast about Fr. Kolbe: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/the-sacrifice-and-death-of-father-maximilian-kolbe/
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.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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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.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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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.
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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.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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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.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
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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.
