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Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site. www.auschwitz.org | lesson.auschwitz.org | podcast.auschwitz.org
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3 March 1923 | A Czech Jewish woman, Renata StrΓ‘nskΓ‘, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
π Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
π§ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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3 March 1884 | A Polish Jew, Szmul Broner, was born in Warsaw. He lived in Antwerp and was a shoychet (ritual slaughterer).
In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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βΆ A video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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3 March 1943 | A transport from Berlin with 1,758 German & 158 Norwegian Jews arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection, 585 men & 309 women were registered in the camp.
The remaining 1,022 people were murdered in gas chambers.
Eva & Harry Shotland were among them.
Shoes that belonged to the youngest victims of Auschwitz.
Children at Auschwitz
π Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
π§ Podcast: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/children-at-auschwitz/
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Photo: https://www.instagram.com/aroundtheworldnate/
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
3 March 1906 | A Pole, Franciszek Fedorowicz, was born in Warsaw. A plumber.
In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1942.
No. 13352
He perished in the camp on 15 June 1942.
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π "Poles at KL Auschwitzβ: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
3 March 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Ida Fistel, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 30 March 1944 in a transport of 1000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 472 people selected by SS doctors and murdered that day in a gas chamber.
3 March 1931 | German Jewish boy, Stefan Breslauer, was born in Leipzig.
He emigrated to the Netherlands in 1938. In September 1944 he was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto. On 19 October 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
3 February 1918 | Polish Jewish man, Abraham Zycer, was born in RuszΓ³w.
In #Auschwitz from 19 December 1941
No. 24866
He perished in the camp on 26 February 1942.
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π Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2 March 1864 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ida GoldschmiedovΓ‘, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. She did not survive.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
2 March 1907 | A Pole, Jan Kogus, was born in BiaΕy KamieΕ. A baker.
In #Auschwitz from 12 January 1942.
No. 25484
He perished in the camp on 12 March 1942.
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π§/π Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
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2 March 1925 | A Polish Jewish girl, Jeannette Woda, was born in Siedlce. She lived in Paris.
On 13 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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βΆ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
2 March 1942 | A Polish Jew Samuel GrΓΌnhut (no. 25208) who was incarcerated in the camp prison in Block 11 decided to take his own life and hanged himself.
GrΓΌnhut was born in TarnΓ³w on 12 May 1894. He was a glazier.
Vintage photograph of a girl wearing a party hat and a patterned outfit, standing in front of leafy foliage.
2 March 1933 | A Romanian Jewish girl, Alis Diner, was born in Satu Mare.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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βΆ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
2 March 1912 | A Pole, Alojzy Duda, was born in KarvinΓ‘.
In #Auschwitz from 14 December 1942.
No. 83609
He perished in the camp on 23 January 1943.
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π "Poles at KL Auschwitzβ: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
2 March 1903 | A Polish Jew, Icek Meppen, was born in Warsaw.
In #Auschwitz from 12 February 1942.
No. 21543
He perished in the camp five days later.
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2 March 1912 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie FinkovΓ‘, was born in BrandΓ½s nad Labem.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
π https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
π§ https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Black and white portrait of a young man wearing a suit jacket and a patterned tie, smiling slightly at the camera. The photo appears aged with some spots and discoloration.
2 March 1924 | German Jew, Hans Werner Stern, was born in Medebach. He went as a refugee to the Netherlands in February 1939.
In #Auschwitz from 17 July 1942
No. 47612
He perished in the camp on 14 August 1942.
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π Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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1 March 1932 | Dutch Jewish girl, Ingeborg Engelander, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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βΆ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
1 March 1918 | A Pole, Karol Kurek, was born in Rajtarowice.
In #Auschwitz from 18 September 1942.
No. 64388
On 1 February 1943, he was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen and liberated there.
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π "Poles at KL Auschwitzβ: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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1 March 1927 | A French Jew, Benjamin Trauger, was born in Paris.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 15 February 1943 in a transport of 1000 Jews deported from Drancy. He did not survive.
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βΆ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Black and white portrait of a young girl with dark, curly hair, wearing a collared dress and looking intensely at the camera.
1 March 1925 | A Czech Jewish woman, VΔra PopperovΓ‘, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
π Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
π§ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
1 March 1935 | A German Sinti girl, Elwira Gottwald, was born in Wroclaw.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 7 March 1943.
No. Z-860
She perished in the camp on 7 December 1943.
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The Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz:
π§ https://bit.ly/4pIRyEJ
π https://bit.ly/44EVuxY
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
1 March 1914 | A Polish Jew, Giecel Ajzenberg, was born in OpatΓ³w. A brush-maker.
In #Auschwitz from 20 November 1941.
No. 22957
He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.
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π Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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1 March 1897 | A German Jewish woman, Hertha Rabinowitz, was born in Berlin.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 March 1943 in a transport of 1,750 Jews deported from Berlin. She did not survive.
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π§/π The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/46ryjrT
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1 March 1932 | German Jew, Hans Fred Aron, was born in Essen.
In January 1942, he was deported to the ghetto in Riga and in November 1943 to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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βΆ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://bit.ly/4ql4LTV
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
28 February 1892 | A Polish Jew, Hersz Feldman, was born in SkarΕΌysko-Kamienna. A tailor.
In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941.
No. 22208
He perished in the camp on 1 November 1941.
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π§/π Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://bit.ly/46t6L5w
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
28 February 1911 | A Russian, Yakov Parfieniuk, was born. An electromechanic.
In #Auschwitz from 2 December 1942.
No. 79569
He perished in the camp on 11 October 1943.
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π§/π Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
Vintage photo of a woman wearing a polka dot dress and a necklace, looking thoughtful. The photo is aged and torn at the top.
28 February 1922 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Olga Lea Gross, was born.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered a the gas chamber.
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βΆ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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28 February 1924 | A German Jewish woman, Gerda Warszawski, was born in Berlin.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 30 January 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Berlin. She did not survive.
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βΆ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Photo of a Polish woman Anna SmoleΕska was born. She was a scout, a student of art history, and the author of the 'Fighting Poland' sign.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
28 February 1920 | A Polish woman Anna SmoleΕska was born. She was a scout, a student of art history, and the author or co-author of the 'Fighting Poland' sign.
In #Auschwitz from 27 November 1942.
No. 26008
She perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.