19 August 1940 | A French Jewish boy, Symcha Sylvain Ostrowiak, was born in Paris. In September 1942 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

19 August 1905 | A Pole, Antoni Bytnar, was born in Albigowa. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 3 December 1942. No. 79617 He perished in the camp on 21 February 1943.

19 August 1877 | A Polish Jewish woman, Marjem Lerner, was born in Jaworów. She emigrated to the UK and then to Belgium. In January 1943 she was deported from Malines/Mechelen to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

20 August 1909 | A Polish Jew, Berko Charitan, was born in Jagiełła. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941. No. 24518 He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942.

19 August 1924 | An Austrian Jew, Heinrich Bettelheim, was born in Vienna. In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

18 August 1924 | A French Jewish boy, Serge Zylberberg, was born in Paris. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

18 August 1908 | A Pole, Karol Grzesiek, was born in Magdeburg. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 412 He was released on 14 April 1942 & survived the war.

18 August 1912 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Maria Friedländer-Koen, was born in Watergraafsmeer. In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her son Max Arnold. They were both probably murdered together in a gas chamber after the selection.

18 August 1942 | A transport of 506 Jewish men, women and children deported from #Westerbork in German-occupied Netherlands arrived at #Auschwitz. SS doctors selected 319 men & 40 women to be registered in the camp. The remaining 147 people were murdered in a gas chamber.

18 August 1927 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agnes Kerpner, was born in Budapest. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.