27 December 1927 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Meijer Koster, was born in Amsterdam.
In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
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27 December 1875 | A Czech Jew, Adolf Tosek, was born in Kladno.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS:
27 December 1924 | Dutch Jew, Simon van Praag, was born in Rotterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
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26 December 1913 | A Polish Jew, Herszlik Grynbaum, was born in Tuszyn. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22033
He perished in the camp on 21 November 1941.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
26 December 1912 | A Pole, Mieczysław Kozina, was born in Wierzchowiny. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942.
No. 72196
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1943.
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26 December 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Hélène Pokoïk, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:
26 December 1918 | A Dutch Jew, Salomon Wijnberg, was born in Amsterdam. A farmer.
He was deported to #Auschwitz in January 1944. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz:
26 December 1899 | A German Jehovah’s Witness, Marta Proppe, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 12 November 1942
No. 24418
She was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. She survived.
One of at least 387 Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Auschwitz.
26 December 1914 | Polish man, Szczepan Antczak, was born in Strzegowo. A carpenter.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940
No. 3178
He was released in 1941.
He survived the war and passed away in 2010 at the age of 95.
More about releases from Auschwitz:
26 December 1899 | A Polish Jew, Abram Finkelstein, was born in Radom. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 20 December 1941
No. 24955
He perished in the camp on 29 December 1941.
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