Auschwitz Memorial

8 September 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Elinor Oettinger, was born in Hamburg. She emigrated to the Netherlands. Deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto & then to #Auschwitz where on 18 Oct 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Betti & brother Ralf.

30 August 1926 | Belgian Jewish boy, Jacques Hoenig, was born in Antwerp. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 11 August 1942. He did not survive.

1 September 1924 | A Norwegian Jew Arne Kronik was born. In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. No. 79155 He perished in the camp in February 1943.

26 August 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Paulette Kerner, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 29 September 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

22 August 1925 | German Jewish boy Erich Günther Gutmacher was born in Berlin. He emigrated to the Netherlands. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and registered in the camp after the selection (no. unknown). He perished in the camp on 22 August 1942.

8 September 1901 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Gabriella Kundler, was born in Budapest. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- ▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

31 July 1919 | Primo Levi was born in Turin. An Italian Jewish writer & chemist. From 26 February 1944 a prisoner of the German Nazi #Auschwitz camp (no. 174517). He suervived. In September 1947 he published his book "If this is a man". He passed away in 1987.

8 August 1923 | A French Jewish woman, Marcelle Messoda Elkherably, was born in Casablanca. In June 1943 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/3O8z0jF 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3ZokyXc

9 August 1934 | A French Jewish boy, Henri Kotlina, was born in Nancy. In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

5 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Bella Rubin, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 July 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy together white her mother Marta and a younger sister Micheline. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.

5 September 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, David Ossendrijver, was born in Rotterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 7 April 1944 in a transport of 240 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was among 111 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

31 July 1932 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Rivka Regina Krzywanowski, was born in Amsterdam. She was arrested while trying to get to Spain. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

6 August 1934 | A Czech Jewish boy, Petr König, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 October 1944. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://bit.ly/4ql4LTV

7 August 1902 | A Polish woman, Helena Sarna, was born in Oświęcim (the city where Nazi Germany stablished the Auschwitz camp during occupation). In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1943. No. 33323 She perished in the camp on 10 March 1943.

4 August 1884 | German Jewish woman, Agnes Scholl (nee Eissler), was born in Wiesenbach. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 January 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

30 July 1927 | A German Jewish girl, Chana Pilz, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

5 September 1938 | A Polish Jewish boy, Jchiel Bela Tiszman, was born in Płońsk. In 1942 he was deported from the ghetto in Płońsk to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber.

6 August 1895 | A Czech, Karl Denk, was born. A waiter. In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942. No. 35857 He perished in the camp on 8 July 1942.

31 July 1900 | Austrian Jewish woman, Rosa Kosak, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 31 July 1943. She did not survive.

31 July 1890 | A Czech, František Setek, was born in Horažďovice. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 15 January 1942. No. 25615 He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.

3 August 1911 | A Frenchman, Jean Berthout, was born in Limoges. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45230 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942.

30 July 1936 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Jancsi Leitmann, was born. In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

1 August 1904 | A Pole, Bronisław Sadzak, was born in Łódź. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19971 He perished in the camp on 2 March 1942.

31 July 1928 | A Czech Jewish boy, Adolf Immergut, was born in Plzen. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.

30 July 1911 | A Czech Jew, Otto Langfelder, was born in Vsetín. A bricklayer. In #Auschwitz from 4 September 1941. No. 20434 He perished in the camp on 13 February 1942.

3 August 1920 | A Pole, Roman Abramczuk, was born in Tarnopol. A technician. In #Auschwitz from 16 January 1941. No. 9472 He perished in the camp on 9 August 1941. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

22 August 1911 | Pole Edward Dudek was born in Czermina. A bank clerk. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941 No. 19805 He perished in the camp on 22 November 1941.

3 August 1902 | German Jewish woman Regina Jonas was born in Berlin. In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.

4 August 1905 | Stjepan Raztyekhayev. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-1415 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4tD4yyn 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/4aDGliV

2 August 1917 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Czubak, was born in Kłaj. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 14 August 1942. No. 17135 She perished in the camp on 17 December 1942.

1 August 1872 | Dutch Jew, Salomon Blits, was born in Amsterdam. He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

31 July 1907 | A Pole, Marian Januszewski, was born in Częstochowa. A bricklayer. In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941. No. 22235 He perished in the camp on 9 December 1941.

6 September 1898 | German Jewish woman, Hilde Strauss, was born in Adelsberg (today part of Chemnitz). She emigrated to Belgium and France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 17 August 1942. She did not survive.

3 August 1896 | An Italian Jewish woman, Ada Ancona (nee Gesess), was born in Trieste. In August 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/3O8z0jF 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3ZokyXc

7 August 1938 | A Czech Jewish girl, Eva Justitzová, was born in Karlovy Vary. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

2 August 1937 | Hungarian Jewish boy, Miklos Groszberger, was born in Budapest. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

4 August 1936 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Jacob Arye Katz, was born in Satu Mare. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

29 August 1886 | A Polish man, Ernest Cieślewski, was born in Ostrów. Engineer, lieutenant colonel pilot of the Polish Army. One of the founders of Polish military aviation. In Auschwitz from 17 June 1942. No. 39566 He perished in the camp on 1 November 1942.

2 August 1906 | A Polish Jew, Fajtel Dziewiecki, was born in Wodzisław. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 21 February 1942. No. 23878 He perished in the camp on 9 April 1942.

3 August 1906 | A Polish Jew, Moses Cwerman, was born in Zwoleń. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37459 He perished in the camp on 2 August 1942.

31 August 1900 | A Pole, Paweł Cabaj, was born in Sarnów. A farm worker. In #Auschwitz from 24 May 1941. No. 16262 He perished in the camp on 16 October 1941.

30 July 1882 | A Slovak Jewish woman, Margit Popper, was born in Bratislava. She lived in Vienna. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 23 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.

6 August 1933 | A French Jewish boy, Gérard Borg, was born in Grosbliederstroff. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

4 August 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Mol, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

6 August 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl Eva Redischova was born in Prague. She was a daughter of Arnost & Elsa. On 12 September 1942 she was transferred to Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She was 13 years old.

5 August 1905 | A German Jewish woman, Martha Voss, was born in Loesnich. During the war she lived in The Hague. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

5 August 1942 | Polish Jew, Dawid Pawłowicz, perished in the #Auschwitz camp. Dawid was born in Radom on 6 June 1905. He was a cabman. He was registered in the camp on 2 July 1942. No. 44385 He survived 34 days.

31 July 1902 | Italian Jew, David Di Consiglio, was born in Rome. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Fossoli camp on 5 April 1944. Camp no. 180007 He did not survive.

6 August 1900 | An Italian Jewish woman, Anna Ventura, was born in Rome. She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

10 August 1918 | A Greek Jew, Avraam Tevet, was born in Thessaloniki. He was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.