17 September 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Colette Rosen, was born in Saint Dizier. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch a short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: image
17 September 1895 | A German, Otto Karl Hermann, was born in Königsdorf. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 28 May 1941. No. 16632 He perished in the camp on 25 October 1941. image
17 September 1928 | Polish Jewish boy, Chaim Grosbard, was born in Lublin. He emigrated to France. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Beaune la Rolande on 5 August 1942. He did not survive. image
17 September 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Amalia van Spier, was born in The Hague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
17 September 1916 | Czech Jew, Hanuš Blass, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 February 1943. He did not survive. image
16 September 1908 | A Polish Jewish woman, Fanny Cukier, was born in Radom. She emigrated to France. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her daughters Ginette and Irene. After the selection they were murdered in a gas chamber. --- Learn about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau - Bunkers I & II: image
16 September 1900 | A Pole, Bolesław Jasieński, was born in Warsaw. A brick layer. In #Auschwitz from 12 September 1941. No. 20610 He perished in the camp on 20 December 1941. image
16 September 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Suzanne Mol, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 817 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ Podcast: image
16 September 1922 | Norwegian Jewish woman, Else Bergmann, was born in Oslo. A bookkeeper’s assistance. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. image
16 September 1914 | A Pole, Zygmunt Gaj, was born in Policzko. A Catholic priest. In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941. No. 22166 In 1942, he was transferred to Dachau and liberated there. He passed away in the USA in 2001. --- The Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in #Auschwitz . Learn about the fate of Christian clergy and religious life in the camp. http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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