11 August 1923 | A Czech Jew, Harry Kars, was born in Unhošť. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 27 February 1942. No. 25695 He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942. image
11 August 1912 | A Pole, Kazimier Gosk, was born in Warsaw. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No 3129 Evacuated to KL Mauthausen. He survived. image
11 August 1931 | A Polish Jewish girl, Lea Schnitzer, was born in Mysłowice. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in Chrzanów. She was murdered in a gas chamber. image
11 August 1927 | Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Rozenblum, was born in Charleroi. In April 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. She did not survive. image
11 August 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl Ariette Wilk was born in The Hague. In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber. image
10 August 1929 | Belgian Jewish girl Mariette Peretz was born in Antwerp. In April 1943 she was deported to from Mechelen / Malines to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. image
10 August 1913 | A Frenchwoman Charlotte Delbo was born. A writer & resistance fighter. In #Auschwitz from 27 Jan 1943. No. 31661 Transferred to Ravensbrück in Jan 1944, freed thanks to a Red Cross action. Author of a trilogy, „Auschwitz and after." She passed away in 1985.
10 August 1909 | Dutch Jewish woman, Jenny Chapon, was born in Amsterdam. She was a telephone operator in the Department of Home Affairs. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in Februrary 1943. She did not survive. image
10 August 1904 | A Polish Jew, Julius Eisenbach, was born. In #Auschwitz from 16 April 1942. No. 29727 He perished in the camp on 10 May 1942. image
10 August 1889 | Polish woman Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was born. A writer, co-founder of Żegota Council; Arrested on 27 Sep 1943. Imprisoned in #Auschwitz 9 days later (64491). In May 1944, she was sentenced to death in Warsaw. Released thanks to the Polish underground. She died in 1968. image