17 July 1891 | A Polish Jew, Salomon Bögeleisen, was born in Żarki. A tailor. In #Auschwitz from 16 February 1942. No. 25380 He perished in the camp on 10 March 1942.

17 July 1944 | Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary in Budapest perished in the German Nazi Auschwitz camp. Her last message to friends was a postcard asking for food. She ended her letter with the words: “There is not much to report here on the way to heaven.” Jane Haining (b. 1897) was arrested in Budapest by the Gestapo and deported to Auschwitz. On 14 May 1944, she was registered in the camp as prisoner 79467. She was recognized by the Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.

17 July 1935 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Eva Mandl, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.