4 January 1914 | Pole Stanislaw Szczepanik was born in Chybie. A football player, from 1929-37, a defender in Wisła Kraków. In #Auschwitz from 25 August 1943. In 1944 he was transferred to Mauthausen, where he perished. --- Listen & share our #podcast "Sport & sportspeople in Auschwitz”:

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4 January 1879 | Jewish woman Marta Cohn was born in Siemianowice Śląskie. During the war, she lived in Jaworzno. In July 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

4 January 1892 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Rozenblum, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. He emigrated to Belgium. In April 1944 he was deported from Mechelen / Malines to Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz:

4 January 1923 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Sonja Adler, was born in Sluis. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- 📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/