19 July 1902 | A Pole, Tadeusz Kański, was born in Rój. An actor and director. He was arrested in Warsaw and imprisoned in #Auschwitz after the assassination of Igo Sym. In the camp from 6 April 1941. No. 12860 Released in 1941. He died in 1950.

19 July 1934 | German Jewish girl, Alice Kozower, was born in Berlin. In January 1943 she was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto from where on 12 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

19 July 1943 | During a roll-call 12 Polish prisoners were publicly hanged by the SS on a gallows erected in front of the kitchen at the #Auschwitz I camp. It was the largest hanging #execution in the history of this German concentration camp. Learn more below.

19 July 1901 | Jewish woman, Pola Ekchaus (nee Niemenczyńska) was born in Wilno (Vilnius) - then in Imperial Russia. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 29 July 1942. She did not survive.

19 July 1896 | A Polish woman, Irena Szczuka, was born in Antonin. In #Auschwitz from 27 July 1942. No. 12004 She perished in the camp on 23 October 1943.

19 July 1931 | An Austrian Jewish girl, Rosa Kress, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to the Netherlands. She was deported to #Auschwitz in September 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber.

19 July 1890 | A Polish Jew, Ignacy Feilschus, was born in Żółkiew. A salesman. In #Auschwitz from 19 May 1942. No. 35759 He perished in the camp on 8 July 1942.

19 July 1932 | A German Jewish girl, Inge Windecker, was born in Frankfurt am Main. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 23 January 1943. She did not survive.

18 July 1902 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Josefine Bäcker, was born in Vienna. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 4 October 1944. She did not survive.

18 July 1910 | A Pole, Marian Wojciechowski, was born in Warsaw. A carpenter. In #Auschwitz from 24 July 1941. No. 18662 He perished in the camp on 31 May 1942.