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11 October 1933 | A Polish Jewish girl, Berthe Zlotnik, was born in Będzin. She emigrated to France.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy with her mother Sarah, her sisters Jeanine & Yvette and her brother Jacques. All were murdered in a gas chamber
10 October 1913 | Norwegian Jew, Samuel Nachemsohn, was born in Oslo. A salesman.
In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He perished in the camp on 22 January 1943.
10 October 1878 | A Hungarian Jew, Ferenc Friedmann, was born.
In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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.
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.
6 October 1930 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Harry Jacob Gans, was born in Zevenaar.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
6 October 1905 | A Polish, Paweł Kajka, was born in Chromin. A Catholic priest.
In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19401
In 1942 he was transferred to Dachau and liberated there.
He passed away in Munich in 1980.
4 October 1943 | The first prisoners started working in a new sub-camp of the #Auschwitz camp - Brünn (Brno) http://auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-sub-camps/brnn/
In the picture: Pole Jan Hyla (no. 101291) in the forge of the sub-camp (he survived).
#podcast about sub-camps: https://youtu.be/fsfWaHNu7A0
3 October 1919 | Pole Kazimierz Piechowski was born.
In #Auschwitz from 20 June 1940
No. 918
He was a co-organizer of one of the most daring escapes from the camp.
He passed away on 15 December 2017.
1 October 1900 | A Czech Jew, Moritz Spitzer, was born in Olomouc. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 6 March 1942.
No. 26467
He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942.
1 October 1890 | A German, Walter Peters, was born in Nakel (today Nakło nad Notecią in Poland). A doctor.
In #Auschwitz from 10 October 1941.
No 21409
He perished in the camp on 15 October 1941.
One of at least 77 men imprisoned in Auschwitz for homosexuality (paragraph 175).
Sportspeople, including Olympians, were incarcerated in #Auschwitz. Some could practice wrestling, boxing, football, basketball & more - often as entertainment for SS guards.
Listen & share our #podcast about sports & sportspeople in Auschwitz:
https://youtu.be/SUOqkrSMBwI
28 September 1908 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ibolya Remenyi, was born in Csenger.
In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
27 September 1921 | A Pole, Jerzy Bogusz, was born in Nowy Sącz.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to #Auschwitz.
No. 61
In 1942 he was released from the camp. He survived the war. He passed away in 2016.
26 September 1918 | A Jewish woman, Claire Eskenazi, was born in Mexico City. She lived in Saint Etienne in France.
In May 1944 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
