17 June 1856 | Dutch Jewish woman, Rachel Kiek-van Amerongen, was born in Amsterdam.
In August 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber immediately after arrival selection.
17 June 1896 | A Polish man, Jan Andrzejak, was born in Chodybki. A blacksmith.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1941
No. 21485
He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942.
17 June 1943 | SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele officially began his duties as a camp doctor within the Auschwitz camp garrison (Lagerarzt).
He was responsible for criminal pseudo-medical experiments on Roma and Sinti prisoners, as well as twins, mainly Jewish.
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17 June 2008 | Polish Jew, Henryk Mandelbaum, passed away at the age of 86.
He was born in Olkusz in May 1922
In #Auschwitz from 22 April 1944.
No. 181970
He escaped during the evacuation.
One of the few surviving Sonderkommando prisoners forced to work in gas chambers and crematoria.
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17 June 1901 | Hunagrian Jew Miklós Nyiszli was born in Somlyo (today Şimleu Silvanie). Expert in forensic pathology.
In #Auschwitz from 29 May 1944
No. A-8450
Doctor Josef Mengele used him in a specially built autopsy room in crematorium II at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
He survived the war and perished in May 1956.
17 June 1942 | SS men shot 120 Polish prisoners at the Death Wall in #Auschwitz I. They were selected from those deported to the camp from Warsaw, Krakow, Tarnów, Radom, and Lublin.
One of them was a brickmaker from Marki Edward Rabczyński (np. 22869). He was 29 years old.
17 June 1912 | A Pole, Tadeusz Ciastko, was born in Brody. Lt Col of the Polish Army.
In #Auschwitz from 30 August 1940
No 3411
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1942.
17 June 1932 | A French Jewish boy, Daniel Belchatowski, was born in Paris.
In September 1942 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz and after the selection murdered in a gas chamber.
