3 July 1943 | A Polish man, Franciszek Kolbe, was incarcerated in #Auschwitz (no. 127600). A brother of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe. Arrested as a soldier of the Home Army in Zduńska Wola.
In October 1943 transferred to KL Buchenwald.
He perished in KL Mittelbau on 23 January 1945.
3 July 1944 | 9 prisoners (a Pole, a Polish Jew and 7 Russians) escaped through a 25-meters tunnel from a sub-camp of KL #Auschwitz "Eintrachthütte". Preparation to this escape lasted over 2 months.
3 July 1921 | A Polish Jew, Ernst Steinhardt, was born in Bielsko. A technician.
In #Auschwitz from 2 April 1942.
No. 27767
He perished in the camp on 19 April 1942.
3 July 1941 | A Pole Antoni Łyko was shot at the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz. Łyko was a football player of Wisła Kraków & the Polish national team. He was registered in the camp on 5 April 1941. He received number 11780.
He was 34 years old.
3 July 1921 | A Polish man, Mieczysław Ciapała, was born in Krakow.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 98
He perished on 3 May 1945 in the Lubeck Bay.
3 July 1927 | Dutch Jewish girl, Martha Veterman, was born in Zwolle.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
3 July 1920 | Dutch Jewish woman, Femmetje de Mesquita-Leijden van Amstel, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
3 July 1896 | A Czech Jew, Arnošt Pollatschek, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 28 September 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
2 July 1939 | An Italian Jewish girl, Anna Anticoli, was born in Rome.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Rome on 18 October 1943 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection on 23 October 1943.
