17 July 1922 | A Pole, Zbigniew Prawdziuk, was born in Moraczewo. He was deported to #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 667 He perished in the camp on 18 April 1941. image
17 July 1932 | Jewish boy, Maximilian Ullmann, was born in Stuttgart. Son of an Austrian Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. image
17 July 1884 | A Polish Jew, Szaja Silberpfennig, was born in Tarnów. Industrialist. In #Auschwitz from 18 December 1941. No. 24707 He perished in the camp on 23 December 1941. image
17 July 1929 | A French Jewish girl, Renée Kopf, was born in Paris. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. image
15 July 1893 | Polish Jew, Wolf Kaliski, was born in Oświęcim (German name: Auschwitz). A tailor. He emigrated to France. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 2 September 1942. He did not survive. image
15 July 1910 | A Polish woman, Anna Barbara Orłacz, was born in Sosnowiec. In #Auschwitz from 20 November 1942. No. 25522 She perished in the camp on 16 March 1943. image
15 July 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Jeannette Rotbaum, was born in Paris. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. image
15 July 1875 | A German Jew, Rudolf Levy, was born in Stettin (today Szczecin in Poland). A painter, expressionist. He emigrated to France and then to Italy. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He most probably perished during the transport.
15 July 1923 | A Czech Jew Jan Pentlička was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto in 23 October 1944. He did not survive. image
15 July 1937 | First 149 prisoners arrive at Ettersberg Mountain from Sachsenhausen camp. The SS dissolved Sachsenburg & Lichtenburg concentration camps and brought the prisoners to the Buchenwald grounds, where they had to build the camp for themselves.