12 July 1911 | A Czech Jewish woman, Bedřiška Blumová, was born in Litoměřice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in Theresienstadt on 15 December 1943. She did not survive.
12 July 1903 | A Polish woman, Maria Melka, was born in Kołaczkowice.
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943.
No. 30585
She perished in the camp on 12 March 1943.
12 July 1921 | A Polish Jew, Abram Milsztajn, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. A butcher.
In #Auschwitz from 2 July 1942
No. 44609
He perished in the camp on 6 August 1942.
12 July 1944 | The number of prisoners in the Auschwitz I camp was 14,586 people:
Jews: 8,189
Poles: 3,822
Russians: 832
Germans: 808
Others: 935
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12 July 1898 | A Polish Jewish woman, Hane Messer (nee Krotowska), was born in Turek. She emigrated to Belgium.
In August 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
12 July 1908 | Pole Eryk Lipiński was born in Cracow. An artist, caricaturist. During the war he produced false documents.
In #Auschwitz from 15 Aug 1940.
No. 2022
Released in 1940 thanks to family efforts.
Founder of the Caricature Museum in Warsaw.
12 July 1921 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Nysenbaum, was born in Zwoleń. A tailor.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23992
He perished in the camp on 29 December 1941.
12 July 1919 | A German Jew, Kurt Bachrach, was born in Schwalenberg. He emigrated to The Netherlands.
He was most probably deported to #Auschwitz in 1943. He did not survive.
12 July 1894 | Jewish man, Gabriel Plesansky, was born in Smorgonʹ (today Belarus). He emigrated to Norway in 1900.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on Monte Rosa ship on 20 November 1942. He perished in the camp on 10 April 1943.
11 July 1869 | Dutch Jew, Abraham Hendrix, was born in Zaltbommel. A diamond broker.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 5 October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
