26 August 1925 | A Polish Jew, Hermann Schnee, was born in Rawa Ruska. In #Auschwitz from 26 March 1942. No. 27261 He perished in the camp on 24 April 1942.

26 August 1883 | Jewish man, Gustav Israël Abineri, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 4 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

26 August 1923 | A German Jewish woman, Ilse Kahn, was born in Wermelskirchen. She emigrated to the Netherlands. In November 1942, she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She perished in the camp on 28 February 1943.

25 August 1921 | A Polish Jew, Hersz Kinstler, was born in Warsaw. In #Auschwitz from 26 July 1941. No. 18800 He perished in the camp on 9 November 1943.

25 August 1899 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Roszkowska, was born in Lublin. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1942. No. 26772 She perished in the camp on 8 March 1943.

25 August 1944 | Auschwitz II-Birkenau: gas chambers and crematoria II & III (left), gas chambers IV & V (right) & bunker II (top) - an early gas chamber used in 1942-43 and reopened in late spring 1944. Watch a short video about the history of gas chambers and crematoria:

25 August 1910 | A Polish Jew, Hersch Schaffel, was born in Żółkiew. He emigrated to Belgium and then to France. In #Auschwitz from 19 July 1942. No. 49652 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942.

25 August 1940 | A Czech Roma girl, Angela Daniel, was born in Tvarožná Lhota. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 19 March 1943; No. Z-5365 She perished in the camp on 4 July 1943.

25 August 1923 | A German Jewish woman, Bertha Katz, was born in Schlitz. On 3 March 1943 she was deported from Berlin to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

25 August 1910 | A Pole, Piotr Koziejko, was born in Sokółka. Officer of the Polish Army. Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 742 He perished on 3 May 1945 in the Lubeck Bay.