5 January 1891 | Polish Jew Borach Ostrowiecki was born in Nowy Korczyn. A merchant. In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941 No. 20811 He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

5 January 1894 | Polish woman Klaudia Golbiak was born in the village of Żmudź. A housewife. In #Auschwitz from 5 February 1943. No. 34373 She perished in the camp on 12 March 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Lea Cohen, was born in Assen. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her brother Mozes (in the picture with Lea), and mother Kaatje. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- 📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

5 January 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Grietje van der Wijk, was born in Groningen. Deported from #Westerbork to the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 26 February 1944. On 16 May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her mother Claartje and brother Jozef. They did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Strassberg, was born in Antwerp. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Malines / Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

4 January 1924 | Hungarian Jew Zoltan Junger was born in Miskolc. A carpenter. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz:

4 January 1902 | Pole Fabian Sowiński was born in Radomsko. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 38021 He was transferred to KL Mauthausen, where he perished on 1 August 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

4 January 1925 | French Jew Jean Salomon Mosse was born in Paris. On 20 November 1943 he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,200 Jews. He arrived at the camp on 23 November 1943. No. 164584 He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

4 January 1921 | Dutch Jewish woman Ester Levitus was born in Amsterdam. A clerk. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz, where she was killed on 21 August with a phenol heart injection. Her parents Jakob & Sophia and younger sister Lena were also murdered in the camp. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

4 January 1910 | Spanish man Joaquín Corteillo, was born in Valencia. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 18 July 1942. No. 18186 He perished in the camp on 1 September 1942.