21 June 1943 | Professor Zygmunt Łempicki, a Polish Germanist and a professor at the Warsaw University, died of typhus in the German camp #Auschwitz. He was incarcerated there on April 28, 1943 & became no. 119339. He was 57 years old. image
22 June 1940 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Eva Drach, was born in Gyor. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. image
22 June 1921 | A Pole, Jan Olenderek, was born in Mszczonów. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941. No. 11420 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. image
22 June 1900 | Italian Jewish woman, Elena Spizzichino, was born in Velletri. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943 in a transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome. Together with her daughter Franca she was among 839 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. image
22 June 1882 | Swedish Jewish woman, Jenny Schidorsky, was born in Karlstad. Her family emigrated to Norway. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. image
22 June 1894 | Czech Jewish woman, Frýda Fleschová, was born in Prague. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto. She did not survive. image
21 June 1929 | French Jewish girl, Estelle Sobol, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from #Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. image
21 June 1877 | Ludwik Puget was born in Cracow. An eminent Polish sculptor, painter, art theoretician. Graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, founder of „Rzeźba” Association. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. No. 33164 Shot on 27 May 1942. image
21 June 1899 | Czech Jewish composer Pavel Haas was born. Student of Leoš Janáček. Among his notable works are song cycles & string quartets. In 1941 he was imprisoned in #Theresienstadt Ghetto where he also composed. Pavel Haas was murdered in #Auschwitz on 17 October 1944. image
21 June 1903 | German Jew, Erich Bundheim, was born in Emden. A merchant. He emigrated to the Netherlands. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from Amersfoort and Westerbork. No. 48060 He perished in the camp on 22 August 1942. image