5 December 1902 | A Dutch Jew, Bernardus Kalkoene, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished on 17 September 1942. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

5 December 1932 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rachel van Gelder, was born in Groningen. She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 February 1944 and from there, on 4 October 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ Podcast:

4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina. On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. --- Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: