9 January 1942 | Dutch Jewish boy Jacob de Mesquita was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 October 1942 in a transport of 1,710 Jews. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

9 January 1901 | Pole Stanisław Dubois was born in Warsaw. A socialist activist, MP in Polish Parliament. He fought in Silesian Uprisings & 1920 Polish-Soviet war. In #Auschwitz from 22 September 1940 No. 3904 Active in camp resistance. Shot in the camp on 20 August 1942. --- ▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

9 January 1900 | Polish Jew Abraham Chaskel was born in Brzostek. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 15 May 1942. No. 35670 He died in the camp on 9 June 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

9 January 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Herzogová, was born in Miroslav. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

9 January 1903 | A Jewish woman, Rachel Dimenstein, (nee Kutsovsky) was born in Pereiaslav (today in Ukraine). She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Mechelen on 31 July 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

8 January 1932 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Leopold Moses Borøchstein, was born in Kristiansund. He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport together with his mother Masha and four siblings on 3 March 1943. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

8 January 1924 | Polish man, Mieczysław Płachecki, was born in Horodzieje. A student. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37562 In 1943 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

8 January 1939 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Victor Popiołek, was born in Merlebach. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 6 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

8 January 1943 | Hungarian Jewish girl Lea Sherman was born in Nagyvárad (Oradea). In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz:

8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola. As a prisoner of #Auschwitz at the end of July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection. --- Listen to our podcast about Fr. Kolbe:

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