22 October 1911 | A Pole, Zbigniew Artzt, was born in Wadowice. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. No. 33092 He perished in the camp on 27 May 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

22 October 1935 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betsy da Costa da Fonseca, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in the gas chamber together with her siblings: (from left) Ina, Isaac and Elisabeth. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

22 October 1897 | Czech Jewish woman, Alžběta Ledererová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 Debruary 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast:

22 October 1916 | A Polish Jew, Mendel Rotberg, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23666 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp:

21 October 1908 | Norwegian Jew, Josef Weinstock, was born in Kristiania (today Oslo). In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. No. 79246 He perished in the camp in March 1943. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

21 October 1921 | A Pole, Konstanty Oremus, was born in Zakliczyn. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941. No. 12113 He perished in the camp on 25 October 1941. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

21 October 1902 | Eddy Hamel was born in New York. As a teenager, he moved to #Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player in Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games. After his arrest in October 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished on 30 April 1943. --- Listen to our podcast about sports & sportspeople in Auschwitz:

21 October 1932 | A French Jewish boy, Joseph Rotholc, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport ot 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 908 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

21 October 1907 | A Pole, Maksymilian Krzemień, was born in Kozy. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. No. 33141 He was shot in the camp on 27 May 1942. --- Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

21 October 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Roza Elisabeth, van Coevorden was born in Rotterdam. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her mother Mathilda. They were both murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: