16 October 1934 | French Jewish girl Catherine Levi was born in Chartres. In September 1942 she was deported from Pithiviers to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

16 October 1920 | German Jewish woman, Fanny Ornstein, was born in Hamburg. A seamstress. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 August 1942 and registered in the camp. She perished there on 27 August 1942.

16 October 1910 | Dutch Jew, Louis Lena van Emden, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork with his wife Marika in August 1942. Marika was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. Louis perished in the camp on 30 September 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

15 October 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Vieyra, was born in Rotterdam. In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: