16 December 1888 | A Czech Jew, Josef Vrba, was born in Neustupov. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

16 December 1878 | A Pole, Jan Brzeski, was born in Jasło. A doctor. In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941. No. 24516 He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942. --- "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

16 December 1905 | A Polish Jew, Chaskiel Siegler, was born in Tarnów. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 29 December 1941. No. 25116 He perished in the camp on 19 March 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

16 December 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Henri van Son, was born in Rotterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 October 1942 in a transport of 1,014 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

16 December 1906 | Danil Zyevagin was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-8212 He perished in the camp on 13 November 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/ Podcast:

16 December 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zkerman, was born in Sosnowiec. In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941. No. 22355 He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp:

16 December 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Gosschalk, was born in Deventer. He was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/