6 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Mendel Samuel Wolf, was born in Ołpiny. Watchmaker.

In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941.
No. 24366
He perished in the camp on 26 December 1941.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

6 December 1904 | A Pole, Stanisław Bidziński, was born in Nieznanowice. A pastry chef.

In #Auschwitz from 26 March 1942.
No. 27227
He perished in the camp on 29 June 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

6 December 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Sallo de Vries, was born in Borculo.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

6 December 1942 | Grigol Peradze, a cleric of the Georgian Orthodox Church, an archimandrite, perished in #Auschwitz.

Since 1933, he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942, and, in November, deported him to Auschwitz.

Learn more about his life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigol_Peradze

6 December 1911 | A Czech Jewish woman, Vilemina Wittlerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 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

6 December 1921 | A Pole, Marian Kołodziej, was born in Raszków.

Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 432
He survived.
After the war he was a painter & stage designer.
Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”.
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Watch a short video about the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/kKOZLEUo2QM

6 December 1883 | A German Jew, Otto Leo Bing, was born in Cologne. He lived in Norway.

Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942.
No. 80025
He perished in the camp on 14 January 1943.

6 December 1869 | A Lithuanian Jew, Isak Leimann, was born in Vilnius. He emigrated to Norway.

He arrived in #Auschwitz with his two children, Bernhard & Dina, on 1 December 1942. Isak & Dina were murdered in a gas chamber. Bernhard perished in the camp in January 1943.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz

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

5 December 1924 | A Pole, Marian Zgórniak, was born in Gorlice.

In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943.
No. 90788
In 1944 he was transferred to Gross-Rosen. He survived.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

5 December 1935 | Dutch Jewish girl Annie Koekoek was born in Amsterdam.

In September 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

5 December 1920 | A Norwegian Jew, Mendel Jaffe, was born in Horten. Photography apprentice.

On 26 November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

5 December 1903 | A Polish woman, Wanda Rogowska, was born in Krakow. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 30 September 1942.
No. 21172
She perished in the camp on 21 November 1942.
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Women at Auschwitz

Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

5 December 1898 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Stieglitz, was born in Niebylec. An art historian.

In #Auschwitz from 5 May 1942.
No. 34793
He perished in the camp on 4 June 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

5 December 1902 | A Dutch Jew, Bernardus Kalkoene, was born in Rotterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished on 17 September 1942.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina.

On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

4 December 1921 | Ivan Simonov was born. A Soviet army soldier.

In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-3590 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 7 March 1942.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz:
Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Y3dmCI5_E

4 December 1902 | A Jewish man, Aron Statter, was born in Nowy Sącz.

In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29805
He perished in the camp on 21 April 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

4 December 1937 | French Jewish boy, Jacques Waks, was born in Paris.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 10 February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

4 December 1915 | A Pole, Franciszek Masny, was born in Chochołów. A farmer.

In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941.
No. 11539
He perished in the camp on 21 July 1942.
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