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9 May 1944 | In connection with the planned operation of extermination of Jews from Hungary in Auschwitz, the head of the SS garrison in Auschwitz Rudolf Höss announced a series of directives.

He ordered that the expansion of the platform and a three-track rail connection in Birkenau be sped up, that Bunker 2 (so-called little white house) was to be put back into operation, and incineration pits were to be dug next to it as well next to crematorium no. 5 (in the picture).

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9 May 1936 | French Jewish girl, Madeleine Flomembaum, was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 24 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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9 May 1945 | The Soviet army liberated the German Nazi concentration camp Stutthof.

Between 1939-45 some 110,000 people were imprisoned there & around 65,000 were killed there (incl. some 28 thousand Jews).

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutthof_concentration_camp

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9 May 1906 | A Frenchman, Ernest Neveux, was born in Mareuil-lès-Meaux.

In Auschwitz from 8 July 1942
No. 45921
He perished in the camp on 15 October 1942.

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9 May 1924 | A Greek Jewish girl, Louisette Azouvy (or Azouvi), was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.

In November 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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9 May 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Mihaj (or Mikaj) Schön, was born.

In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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8 May 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Diena Hilda Akker, was born at the Hauge.

In November 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz with her mother Frida. They were both murdered in a gas chamber right after the arrival selection.

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8 May 1938 | Hungarian Jewish girl Evike Schvarc was born in Géberjén.

In 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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8 May 1906 | A Polish man, Franciszek Bąk was born in Ząb. A carpenter.

In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24502
He perished in the camp on 13 September 1942.

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8 May 1932 | A German Jewish boy, Kurt de Jong, was born in Frankfurt am Main. During the war, he lived in Rotterdam.

On 21 October 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber in Auschwitz.

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8 May 1910 | A Czech Jew, Hanuš Hitschmann, was born in Prague.

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

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7 May 1938 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Stella Esther, Radomysler was born in Antwerp.

She arrived in #Auschwitz on 13 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.

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7 May 1923 | A Polish Jewish girl, Cywia Ehrlich, was born in Sosnowiec to Natan and Andzia.

In May 1942 she was murdered in #Auschwitz.

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7 May 1906 | A Polish man, Stanisław Brandt, was born in Zwierzyniec. A surveyor.

In Auschwitz from 20 October 1942.
No. 68777
He perished in the camp on 25 November 1942.

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7 May 1896 | German Jew Dr. Curt Albersheim was born in Emmerich. A lawyer.

During the war they he lived in Amsterdam. He, his wife Martha and their daughter Ruth were murdered in Auschwitz.

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7 May 1922 | A Czech Jew, Hanuš Kolben, was born in Ústí nad Labem.

He was deported from Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz on 28 September 1944. He perished in KL Dachau on 23 March 1945.

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6 May 1920 | Polish woman, Anna Stanisława Kolbusz, was born in Nawieś Kołaczycki. During the German occupation, she was engaged in resistance activity.

In Auschwitz from 2 October 1943
No. 63716
She perished in the camp on 21 November 1943.

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6 May 1866 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ethel Lampel, was born.

In 1944 She was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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6 May 1900 | A Polish Jew, Szmul Grin, was born in Przytyk. A butcher.

In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941
No. 21978
He perished in the camp on 1 November 1941.

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6 May 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ilsa Kohnová, was born.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943.
She did not survive.

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6 May 1940 | Betty Vredenburg, a Dutch Jewish girl, was born in Amsterdam to Abraham and Rachel.

She was murdered in a gas chamber of the Auschwitz camp on 21 May 1944.

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5 May 1883 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Matje de Vries-Schellevis, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to Auschwitz in August 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber right after the selection.

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5 May 1907 | A Czech Jew, Felix Salz, was born in Prague.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.

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5 May 1928 | An Italian Jewish girl Giuseppina Da Fano was born in Rhodes.

She was deported to Auschwitz in July 1944. She did not survive.