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

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

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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▶ 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.
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Children at Auschwitz:

📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

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/

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.

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.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

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.
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▶ 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.
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📖 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.
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▶ 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.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

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.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

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.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 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.
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📖 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.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

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.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

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.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8