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 the men imprisoned in Auschwitz for homosexuality (paragraph 175). Learn about their fate. Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/paragraf_175_en/ Podcast:

1 October 1901 | A Czech Jew, Antonín Fantl, was born in Beroun. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. He did not survive.

1 October 1854 | A Dutch Jew, Heiman Leefsma, was born in Opsterland. In January 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

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. --- A podcast about registration photos:

30 September 1942 | A French Jewish boy, Daniel Serge Szuster, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 727 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

30 September 1912 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Konik, was born in Kolbuszowa. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No. 32264 In 1944 she was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

30 September 1928 | Elie Wiesel was born in Romania. A Jewish writer, Auschwitz & Buchenwald survivor, Peace Nobel Prize laureate. "Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." --- Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke...

30 September 1887 | Jewish man, Bernhardt Meier Freidmann, was born in Russian Empire (territory of todays Latvia). He emigrated to Norway in 1912. A sausage merchant. In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He perished in the camp on 20 January 1943. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

30 September 1891 | A Pole, Franciszek Ziółkiewicz, was born in Balice. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from 10 February 1942. No. 20750 He perished in the camp on 27 February 1942. --- A podcast about registration photos:

30 September 1922 | Czech Jewish woman, Blanka Hoffmannová, was born in Pardubice. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive