20 January 1890 | A Pole, Romuald Mańko, was born. A locksmith.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
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He perished in the camp on 9 November 1941.
When did #Auschwitz develop into the central institution of the murder of #Jews? Why did the camp initially used for prisoners of war seem suitable to the #nazis as a place of murder? For whom were there chances of survival? What possibilities were there to resist in the extermination camp and how was it organized?