9 August 1912 | A Polish Jew, Leiser Rubinfeld, was born in Czudec. A weaver. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24339 He perished in the camp on 3 March 1942.

8 August 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Hirschl, was born in Budapest. In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

8 August 1922 | A Pole, Jerzy Karabanik, was born in Jarosław. A high school student. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 534 He perished in the camp on 7 February 1941.

8 August 1938 | The first group of prisoners was transferred from Dachau camp to #Mauthausen. This date marks the beginning of operation of this German Nazi concentration camp. During this phase, the prisoners had to build the camp and set up operations in the quarry. Between 1938-45 over 190,000 people were imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen complex. At least 90,000 of them were killed, including around 28,000 Poles.

The Mauthausen Concentration Camp 1938–1945 - History - KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen

8 August 1908 | A Polish Jew, Yaakov Mozes Lipshitz, was born in Skierniewice. A violinist. He was deported to #Auschwitz in August 1942. He did not survive.

8 August 2022 | Auschwitz Survivor Zofia Posmysz passed away. She was 98. She was born in Krakow. In #Auschwitz from 30 May 1942. No. 7566 Evacuated to Ravensbrück & liberated in Neustadt-Glewe. A journalist, writer, and author of 'The Passenger.’

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Zofia Posmysz

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8 August 1922 | A Polish Jew, Herszek Gradzanowski, was born in Raciążek. In #Auschwitz from 4 October 1941. No. 22034 He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941.

8 August 1904 | A Pole, Mieczysław Barański, was born in Zgierz. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942. No 35367 He perished in the camp on 3 July 1942.

8 August 1865 | Dutch Jew, Hartog Doof, was born in Amsterdam. He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

8 August 1924 | French Jewish boy, William Schwartzmann, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 23 September 1942. He did not survive.