7 December 1939 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Joan Vintura, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1943 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: image
7 December 1907 | A French Jew, Leon Offenthal, was born in Paris. He worked in Morocco as a leather tanner and trader. In #Auschwitz from June 1942. No. 42388 He perished in the camp on 10 August 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: image
7 December 1896 | A Pole, Wacław Kierzkowski, was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1941. No. 14034 He perished in the camp on 2 November 1941. --- "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/ image
7 December 1929 | A Polish Jew, Gedale (Gdala) Hejblum, was born in Łuków. He emigrated to France. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Beaune-la-Rolande on 5 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: image
7 December 1921 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Kempler, was born in Żabnica. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 5 March 1942. No. 26393 He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: image
7 December 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helena Haeutnerová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS: image
6 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Mendel Samuel Wolf, was born in Ołpiny. Watchmaker. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24366 He perished in the camp on 26 December 1941. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/ image