7 July 1891 | French Jewish woman, Adrienne Meyer, was born in Toulouse.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 20 November 1943. She did not survive.
6 July 1931 | Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Engelsman, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt ghetto in January 1944, and four months later deported to Auschwitz.
She was placed in the family camp for Jews from Theresienstadt. She did not survive.
6 July 1912 | A Czech, František Slezak, was born in Olešnice. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942.
No. 35905
He perished in the camp on 7 June 1942.
6 July 1907 | A German, Richard Lamb, was born in Obermoschel. He was a miner. He joined the SS in 1935.
As SS-Rottenführer, he served in #Auschwitz from 1 September 1944 to 18 January 1945. Then he was transferred to Melk camp.
In 1948 he was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
6 July 1904 | A Czech Jew, Leo Tieder, was born in Ostrava. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22067
He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941.
6 July 1940 | The first prisoner escaped from the German #Auschwitz camp - Pole Tadeusz Wiejowski. He was born in Kołaczyce on 4 May 1914 & deported to the camp on June 14, 1940, in the 1st transport of Polish prisoners. He was registered with no. 220. Read his story below.
6 July 1940 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Istvan Ferenc Reiner, was born in Miskolc to Bela and Livia.
In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
6 July 1890 | An Austrian Roma woman, Anna Berger, was born in Klosterneuburg.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 5 April 1943.
No. Z-6664
She perished in the camp on 20 June 1943.
6 July 1939 | French Jewish girl, Huguette Gutmajnster, was born in Paris.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.