16 December 1901 | French Jew, Doulani Mardochée, was born in Tunis. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 30 March 1942 in the first transport of Jews deported from occupied France to the camp. No. 27831 He did not survive. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

15 December 1914 | Czech Jewish woman Gizela Rutarová was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast:

15 December 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Gertrud Müller, was born in Halle an der Saale. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943. No. Z-1500 She perished in the camp on 23 March 1943. --- The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: Podcast: Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/

15 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Markus Seller, was born in Nowy Sącz. A butcher. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24346 He perished in the camp on 25 February 1942. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

15 December 1860 | A Jewish woman, Charlotte Ellenbogen, was born in a village of Dezser near Trenčín (then Austro-Hungary, today Slovakia). During the war she lived in Nove Zamky. In June 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz camp. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

15 December 1941 | A Polish priest, Piotr Dańkowski, was registered with the number 24529 in Auschwitz. After being transferred to Birkenau in March 1942, he became the target of exceptionally brutal harassment by prisoner functionaries. Before the Holy Week, they announced that they would organize a "Way of the Cross" for him. In the days that followed, one of the kapos named Hans forced him to carry a beam on his shoulders, beating him constantly.

15 December 1922 | A Polish Jew, Henryk Mandelbaum, was born in Olkusz. In #Auschwitz from 22 April 1944. No. 181970 He escaped during evacuation. One of the few surviving Sonderkommando prisoners forced to work in gas chambers and crematoria. He passed away in 2008.

15 December 1924 | German Jewish woman, Esther Bejarano (nee Löwy), was born in Saarlouis. In #Auschwitz from April 1943. She played accordion in the women’s orchestra. She was transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. She escaped from an evacuation march. After the war, she lived in Israel and became a singer before returning to Germany in 1960. She dedicated the rest of her life to educating people about the Holocaust and fighting xenophobia. She passed away in 2021.

15 December 1902 | Turkish Jewish woman, Victorine Sissa, was born in Constantinople. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 28 September 1942. She did not survive.

13 December 1943 | A French Jewish boy, Leon Herbstman, was born in Vichy. On 13 April 1944, he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a group of 1,500 Jews. On 16 April 1944, he was murdered in a gas chamber together with his mom Frida and father Henri. --- A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: