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- 4 February 1891 | A Dutch Jew, Mozes Olivier, was born in Amsterdam. He was a merchant. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his wife Betje and their two daughters, Anna and Jeannette. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.
- 4 February 1924 | A Pole, Piotr Wawak, was born in Porąbka. In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1943. No. 99126 He was transferred to Flossenbürg camp and liberated there on 22 April 1945. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
- 4 February 1943 | A special train no. Da15 with 952 Jews from Berlin arrived at #Auschwitz. SS doctors sent 181 men & 106 women to the camp. The remaining 665 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
- 4 February 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Stad, was born in Amsterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in the gas chamber. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
- 4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to #Theresienstadt. She survived. Today she turns 101.
- 4 February 1941 | French Jewish girl, Pauline Pelcman, was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her older brother Maurice.
- 3 February 1917 | A Polish Jew, Jakob Jeruzalski, was born in Mogielnica. A tailor. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23354 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. --- 🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
- 1 February 1941 | A transport of 593 Poles deported by the Germans from Pawiak prison in #Warsaw arrived at #Auschwitz. Among them was Tadeusz Tański - designer of the 1st Polish serially-built car, CWS T-1. He was registered as no. 9455. He perished in the camp on 23 March 1941.
- 1 February 1928 | A Polish girl, Maria Matlak, was born in Łodygowice. In #Auschwitz from 2 April 1943. No. 39847 She was transferred to the camp for Polish minors in Litzmannstadt. She was liberated there on 19 January 1945.
- 31 January 1940 | French Jewish girl of Polish origin, Evelyne Chwiedziuk, was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 20 January 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
- 31 January 1933 | An Italian Jewish boy, Mario Calò, was born in Rome. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943 in a transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome. He was among 839 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.
- 27 January 1932 | French Jewish girl, Alice Levy, was born in Yerres. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
- 17 January 1913 | Hungarian Jewish woman Olga Kertesz was born in Pely. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
- 10 October 1933 | Dutch Jew, Isaäc Hartog, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
- Rudolf Vrba was first deported from Slovakia to #Majdanek and then transferred to KL #Auschwitz. He made a brilliant escape and co-wrote one of the first vital #Holocaust accounts. Join, learn, remember.
- Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
- 31 December 1902 | An Austrian Jew, Viktor Weisselberger, was born in Graz. He was a sales representative. In #Auschwitz from 19 June 1942 No. 39912 He died in the camp on 25 June 1942.
- 29 December 1923 | Hungarian Jewish woman Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád. In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated. She passed away in October 2024, at the age of 100.
- New Podcast Dr. Wojciech Płosa, head of the Auschwitz Museum Archives, talks about registration documents of #Auschwitz prisoners. English voiceover: @toondreessen@bsky.social Listen: buff.ly/41JoDHF Spotify: buff.ly/406a8g1 Apple Podcasts: buff.ly/3BF2Zdc
- The snow blanketed the ground and buried some of the grief. #auschwitz #poland #photography Taken a long time ago, but not forgotten.
- #auschwitz in #Poland. Such a sad and eerie sight. “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. #photography #photo #photographer #history #past #Europe #nikon #Oświęcim #blackandwhite
