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22 June 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, István Blankenberg, was born.

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

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21 June 1903 | German Jew, Erich Bundheim, was born in Emden. A merchant. He emigrated to the Netherlands.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from #Amersfoort and #Westerbork.
No. 48060
He perished in the camp on 22 August 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 17 hours ago to random

21 June 1899 | Czech Jewish composer Pavel Haas was born. Student of Leoš Janáček. Among his notable works are song cycles & string quartets. In 1941 he was imprisoned in #Theresienstadt Ghetto where he also composed.

Pavel Haas was murdered in Auschwitz on 17 October 1944.

auschwitzmuseum , 20 hours ago to random

21 June 1929 | French Jewish girl, Estelle Sobol, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from #Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

auschwitzmuseum , 23 hours ago to random

21 June 1877 | Ludwik Puget was born in Cracow. An eminent Polish sculptor, painter, and art theoretician. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, founder of „Rzeźba” Association.

In Auschwitz from 25 April 1942.
No. 33164
Shot on 27 May 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 1 day ago to random

21 June 1932 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ibolya Farkas, was born.

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

auschwitzmuseum , 3 days ago to random

The crematorium at Auschwitz I was set up by the SS in a pre-war military storeroom. It became operational on 15 August 1940.

See a short video about its history.
https://youtu.be/wZmBSRVYLoE

auschwitzmuseum , 4 days ago to random

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17 June 1942 | SS men shot 120 Polish prisoners at the Death Wall in #Auschwitz I. They were selected from those deported to the camp from Warsaw, Krakow, Tarnów, Radom, and Lublin.

One of them was a brickmaker from Marki Edward Rabczyński (np. 22869).

One of some 140,000 Poles incarcerated in Auschwitz.
Learn about the creation of the camp, reasons for the incarceration of Poles & their fate in the German Nazi camp from our online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

auschwitzmuseum , 5 days ago to random

16 June 1898 | A Czech Jew, Karel Wiener, was born in Prague.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.

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16 June 1878 | Italian Jew, Guido Anselmo Ravenna, was born in Adria.

He was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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16 June 1928 | A German Jewish boy, Hans Iakobson, was born in Güstrow.

He was deported to Auschwitz. He did not survive.

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16 June 1900 | A Pole, Jan Wilk, was born in Wysoka. A teacher.

In Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19398
He perished in the camp on 15 April 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 6 days ago to random

16 June 1916 | A Polish Jewish woman, Toibe Hofenberg (nee Morozowicz), was born in Łomża.

She was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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15 June 1885 | A German Jew, Max Reinhaus, was born in Stadtlohn. In 1938 he fled to The Netherlands.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection with his wife Clara.

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15 June 1925 | Polish Jewish girl, Sura (Sarah) Brombart, was born in Blaszki.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 11 August 1942. She did not survive.

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15 June 1912 | A Polish woman, Janina Dubicka, was born in Wronów.

In Auschwitz from 5 February 1943.
No. 34329
She perished in the camp on 17 April 1943.

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15 June 1919 | A Polish Jewish woman, Chaya Bluma Hauszwalb, was born in Puławy. She lived in Paris.

In November 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz from Drancy. She did not survive.

auschwitzmuseum , 7 days ago to random

15 June 1887 | A Jewish man, Moritz Arsch, was born in Jēkabpils (today Latvia, then Imperial Russia). In 1904 he emigrated to Norway.

In February 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

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14 June 1914 | A Czech Jewish woman, Edita Ertelová, was born.

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

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14 June 1886 | German Jewish woman, Jenny Strahl, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to Belgium.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 19 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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14 June 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Michel Crispin, was born in Paris.

On 21 September 1942 he was deported from Pithiviers to Auschwitz & on 23 September 1942 he was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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14 June 1921 | A Pole, Stanisław Trałka, was born in Wąbrzeźno.

He was deported to Auschwitz on his 19th birthday in the first transport of Poles to the camp on 14 June 1940.
No. 660
He perished in the camp on 2 October 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 8 days ago to random

14 June 1885 |Dutch Jewish woman, Rebecka Bloemendal-Zilverberg, was born in Coevorden.

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

auschwitzmuseum , 8 days ago to random

13 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Naomi Plattner, was born.

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

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13 June 1882 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Dorner, was born in Berlin.

In June 1943 she was incarcerated in Theresienstadt Ghetto and in October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

auschwitzmuseum , 8 days ago to random

13 June 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Heiman Abraham de Jong, was born in Winschoten.

On 26 October 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.

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13 June 1941 | An Austrian Sinti boy, Rudolf Reinhardt, was born in Ebersberg.

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 23 April 1943.
No. Z-7040
He perished in the camp on 12 May 1943.

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

13 June 1884 | A Polish Jew, Berl Spitzen, was born in Tarnobrzeg.

In Auschwitz from 2 March 1942.
No. 25912
He perished in the camp on 6 March 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

12 June 1929 | A Polish Jewish girl, Rutka Laskier, was born. She lived in Będzin. Author of a memoir published in 2006.

Deported to Auschwitz on 5 August 1943 with her mother Dwojra and a brother Joachim. Murdered in the camp immediately after selection or in December 1943.

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

12 June 1921 | A Pole, Eugeniusz Mitas, was born in Tenczynek. A university student.

In #Auschwitz from 20 August 1941.
No. 20100
He was shot in the camp on 14 June 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

12 June 1908 | A Jewish man, Solly Caplan, was born in Manchester (UK). He lived in Tromso in Norway and was a Norwegian citizen.

In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

We have uploaded the episode of our "On Auschwitz" #podcast about the story of Witold Pilecki, a co-founder of resistance at #Auschwitz to our YouTube page.

There, you can switch on the translation of the subtitles to be able to follow the podcast in many different languages.

Listen here: https://youtu.be/47tCajqI0W0

auschwitzmuseum , 9 days ago to random

12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.

In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

auschwitzmuseum , 10 days ago to random

12 June 1944 | Five trains with Jews deported from Hungary to Auschwitz passed through the station in Košice: 2,675 from Diosgyör, 2,810 from Balassagyarmat, 2,941 from Diosgyör, 2,899 from Nové Zámky (Érsekújvár), and 3,051 from Diosgyör.

Total: 14,376 men, women and children.

auschwitzmuseum , 10 days ago to random

11 June 1942 | Italian Jewish boy, Massimo D'Angeli, was born in Florence.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 14 November 1943 with his older brother Carlo. They were both murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with their mother Renata.

auschwitzmuseum , 10 days ago to random

11 June 1923 | A Polish man, Bogdan Dmytryszyn, was born in Nowy Sącz. A pupil.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz.
No. 681
He perished in the camp on 7 February 1942.

auschwitzmuseum , 10 days ago to random

11 June 1938 | French Jewish boy, Jacques Aizik Yamniak, was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Drancy on 7 March 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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11 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Anita Balaban, was born.

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

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11 June 1883 | A German Jew, Siegfried Kessler, was born in Iserlohn.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in March 1943 from Munich and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

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10 June 1880 | Polish Jewish woman, Feiga Natansohn, was born in Lubartów. She emigrated to Belgium.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

auschwitzmuseum , 11 days ago to random

0 June 1903 | A Polish man, Adam Sokop, was born in Nowy Targ. A stationmaster.

In Auschwitz from 5 April 1941
No. 11510
He perished in the camp on 1 November 1941.

auschwitzmuseum , 11 days ago to random

10 June 1940 | French Jewish girl Camille Himmelfarb was born in Paris.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 18 September 1942 in a transport of 1,003 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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10 June 1881 | Polish Jew Teodor Ryder was born in a village of Piotrków. Conductor & pianist. He sturied at the Darmstad Conservatory. Conductor of the Lodz Symphony Orchestra.

In 1944 he was deported from Litzmanndstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz & murdered.
https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/ghettos/lodz/ryderteodor/

auschwitzmuseum , 12 days ago to random

10 June 1938 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Zsuzsika Mohr, was born.

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

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9 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Gyuri Köppich, was born.

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