27 October 1927 | Czech Jew, Jiří Herrmann, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 29 September 1944. He did not survive.

27 October 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Beppy Abrahamson, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ Podcast:

27 October 1902 | A Dutch Jewish man, Levie van de Kar, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz in 1942 and registered in the camp. He perished on 3 September 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

26 October 1894 | A Polish Jew, Moryc Mojsze, was born in Gostynin. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941. No. 21252 He perished in the camp on 8 October 1941. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp:

26 October 1944 | A Polish girl Anna Bogdańska was born in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She received no. 89097. Her mother Kazimiera Bogdańska had been deported from Warsaw in August. They both survived until liberation. --- Listen about the deportations of Polish people from the uprising Warsaw to Auschwitz:

26 October 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Henriëtte Emma de Lange, was born in Assen. In October 1942 she was deported 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:

26 November 1942 | German ship S.S. Donau left Oslo in occupied #Norway, carrying 532 of Norway’s Jews, en route to #Auschwitz. They arrived at the camp on December 1. A total of 772 Norwegian Jews were deported for extermination. 26 survived the war.

26 October 1908 | Norwegian Jew, Jacob Scharff, was born in Oslo. A violinist. In #Auschwiz from 1 December 1942. No. 79213 He perished in the camp the same month. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

26 October 1892 | A Pole, Zygmunt Surewicz, was born in Dobrzyniewo. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2949 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

26 October 1929 | Dutch Jewish boy, Leo Stein, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1943. He did not survive. --- Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: