16 August 1916 | A Polish woman, Władysława Studentowicz, was born in Nowy Targ. A tailor. In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. No. 26284 She perished in the camp on 4 January 1943.

16 August 1875 | A German Jew, Philipp Manes, was born in Elberfeld. In July 1942 he was transported from Berlin to #Theresienstadt Ghetto. Deported to #Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.

15 August 1879 | Jewish man, Giacomo Alhadeff, was born on Rhodes Island. He was deported to #Auschwitz on 23 July 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with his wife Sara.

15 August 1928 | A Polish girl, Czesława Kwoka, was born in Wólka Złojecka In #Auschwitz from 13 December 1942 (expelled by the Germans during the ethnic cleansing of Zamość Region). No. 26947 She was murdered with a phenol heart injection on 12 March 1943.

15 August 1942 | Pinkus Frydman, a Polish Jew, perished in the German Nazi #Auschwitz camp. Pinkus was a salesman. He was born in Radom on 12 June 1902. He was incarcerated in the camp on 6 June 1942 & become prisoner no. 37477. He survived over 2 months. He was 40.

15 August 1919 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Susanne Loebel, was born in Amsterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

15 August 1921 | A Pole, August Kowalczyk, was born in Tarnawa Góra. In #Auschwitz from 4 December 1940. No. 6804 He escaped from the camp during a revolt of prisoners of the penal company on 10 June 1942. After the war, an actor. He passed away in 2012.

15 August 1872 | A Jewish woman, Dina Fischer, was born in Latvia. In 1896 she emigrated to Trondheim in Norway. On 24 February 1943 deported to #Auschwitz on the ship „Gotenland”. On 3 March 1943 she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

15 August 1942 | One of the largest sub-camps of KL Auschwitz was created near Brzeszcze-Jawischowitz coal mine. For the first time in the history of German concentration camps prisoners were forced to work below the ground, mining coal. More:

Jawischowitz / Auschwitz sub-camps / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau

Listen to a podcast about the sub-camps: Online lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/podobozy_EN/

15 August 1883 | A Polish woman, Katarzyna Bogdanowicz, was born in Mokre. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 13 December 1942 (deported during the ethnic cleansing of Zamość Region) No. 26822 She perished in the camp on 27 February 1943.