24 May 1911 | A Polish woman, Helena Nowak, was born in Radom. A tailor.

In Auschwitz from 22 January 1943.
No. 30644
She perished in the camp on 7 May 1943.

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 24 May 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Philip Cohen, was born in Amsterdam.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 February 1943 in a transport of 1,108 Jews deported from Westerbork. He was among 847 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

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 24 May 1930 | A French Jewish girl, Tova Zarcon, was born in Paris.

On 20 January 1944 she was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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 10 May 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Monique Cofman, was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 8 November 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 773 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

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 12 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Lijmer, was born in Amsterdam.

In January 1943 she was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz with her mother Naatje. Both were murdered in a gas chamber.

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 12 March 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Roger Portigheis, was born in Nice.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 505 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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 12 March 1866 | A Slovak Jew, Franz Weisz, was born.

In Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 21934
He perished in the camp three days later.

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 12 March 1912 | Polish Jewish woman Ala Gertner was born in Będzin. She was incarcerated in Auschwitz in August 1943. She worked in „Union” munition factory from where together with other women she smuggled gunpowder to Sonderkommando resistance. She was hanged on 6 January 1945.

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 12 March 1903 | A Slovenian, Josef Sitter, was born in Šentjakob. A car mechanic.

In Auschwitz from 28 September 1941. 
No. 21141
He perished in the camp on 24 February 1942.

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 18 February 1916 | A Ukrainian, Simko Omelczuk, was born. A cook.

In Auschwitz from 29 July 1942.
No. 53814
Fate unknown. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Ukraine #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #otd

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 18 February 1910 | A Polish Jew, Aszer Weinfeld, was born in Kraków. A varnisher.

In Auschwitz from 5 May 1942.
No. 34798
He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd

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 26 October 1888 | A Czech Jewish woman, Markéta Fingerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. She did not survive. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Theresienstadt

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 7 October 1930 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rachel Bobbe, was born at The Hague (on the right).

She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Netherlands #Westerbork

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 7 October 1896 | A Pole, Józef Wierzbicki, was born. An accountant.

In Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19745
He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts

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 7 October 1897 | A French Jew, Roger Lucien Levy, was born in Boulogne.

In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #France

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 As an immediate result of the repressions after the revolt 200 Sonderkommando prisoners were killed. Four Jewish female prisoners who had smuggled gunpowder from Union-Were munition factory to the Sonderkommando prisoners were later hanged in a public execution. 4/5 

 Some 250 Jewish prisoners were killed during the revolt, including resistance leaders and organizers of the revolt, including Załmen Gradowski (in the picture) and Józef Deresiński. The SS lost three men killed and more than ten wounded. 3/5

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 A group of prisoners from crematorium II (approximately 80) cut through the barbed wire fences enclosing of the crematorium as well as the adjacent women’s camp and fled in a southerly direction. SS units gave chase and caught up with them some 1.5 km from the crematorium. 2/5

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 7 October 1944 | Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando at the German Nazi camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau organized a revolt. They set crematorium IV on fire, causing serious damage, as well as attacked the SS men in the vicinity. 1/5

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 6 October 1938 | An Italian Jewish boy, Carlo Polacco, was born in Genoa.

In December 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Genoa #Italy

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 6 October 1908 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Marguerite Kohn, was born in Budapest. She emigrated to France.

In December 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Budapest #Hungary

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 6 October 1921 | A French Jew, Pierre Halphen, was born in Nancy.

In April 1944 he was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz. He did not survive. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Drancy #France

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 6 October 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Klara Jas, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 26 August 1943 with her mother Henderika and little brother Isaac. They were all murdered in a gas chamber. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Netherlands #family

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 5 October 1909 | Czech Jew, Bedřich Mautner, was born in Prague.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Theresienstadt #ghetto

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 How is it possible that poems were written in the Auschwitz camp? Who wrote them? How did they survive? – these and other questions are answered by our new English-Polish-Swedish publication: 

“The Notebook with the Poems from Auschwitz”
 
The 32-page notebook contains 17 camp poems written in various hand writings. 

Learn more about this publication: https://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/notebook-of-poems-from-auschwitz-the-museums-polish-english-swedish-publication-presented-in-sweden-,1646.html

See the book on our online bookstore: https://auschwitz.org/en/bookstoreproducts/product/zeszyt-z-wierszami-z-auschwitz,348.html#2

#Auschwitz #poetry #book

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 4 October 1913 | Czech Jewish woman, Alžběta Röhrová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944. She did not survive. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Prague #Theresienstadt

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 4 October 1927 | Two Polish twin sisters were born in Komarów in Poland - Maria and Czesława Krajewska.

They were registered in Auschwitz on 5 February 1943. Maria (no. 34425) perished on 23 May. Her sister Czesława (no. 34426) died on 23 July. 

They were 15 years old.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts

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 4 October 1921 | A Polish Jew, Lejzor Cymbalista, was born in Białobrzegi. A worker. 

In Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. 
No. 23978
He perished in the camp on 22 February 1942. 

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

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 3 October 1934 | A Polish Jewish girl, Nina Ehrlich, was born in Sosnowiec.

In 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz from Będzin ghetto. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #girl

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 17 September 1904 | A Pole, Franciszek Idzik, was born in Oleśniki. A butcher.

In #Auschwitz from 24 May 1941.
No. 16300
He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts

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 17 September 1928 | Polish Jewish boy, Chaim Grosbard, was born in Lublin. He emigrated to France.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Beaune la Rolande on 5 August 1942. He did not survive.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

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 13 September 1941 | The SS Bauleitung of Auschwitz (construction office of the camp) notified the Topf und Sohne company of the urgent need to install a new (third) crematorium furnace.

Listen to our podcast about the first crematorium at Auschwitz: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/e14rnsj

#Auschwitz #podcast #history

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 8 September 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Edita Weiszová, was born in Prague (in the pic at the age of 2)

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

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