22 July 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Jean Bercu, was born in Paris. In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

21 July 1899 | A Polish Jew, Abram Wilczyk, was born in Wodzisław. A salesman. In #Auschwitz from 21 February 1941. No. 23886 He perished in the camp on 21 March 1942.

21 July 1892 | A German Sinti woman, Anna Marx, was born in Hamburg. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 9 March 1943. No. Z-1863 She perished in the camp on 15 August 1943.

21 July 1923 | A Czech Jew, Jiří Popper, was born. He was photographed wearing a Real Sociedad club badge. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

21 July 1944 | Two prisoners, a Pole Jerzy Bielecki (no. 243) & a Polish Jewish woman Cyla Cybulska (no. 29558) escaped #Auschwitz. They were in love. Jerzy managed to get an SS uniform & staged a fake escort. The escape was successful. Learn the story of Jerzy & Cyla below.

21 July 1921 | An Italian Jewish woman, Laura Romanelli, was born in Rome. She arrived in #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943 in a transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome. She was among 839 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

21 July 1924 | A Polish man, Janusz Konikowski, was born in Ostów Mazowiecka. A carpenter. In #Auschwitz from 11 November 1943. No. 67271 In 1944 he was transferred to KL KL Flossenbürg. He survived.

21 July 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Albert Cogan, was born in Vichy. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and after the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.

21 July 1895 | A German Jewish woman, Grete Liebreich, was born in Wattenscheid. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

21 July 1872 | Czech Jew, Richard Pick, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. He did not survive.