5 September 1891 | A Polish woman, Stefania Palczewska, was born in Czaniec. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No 32395 In 1945 she was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.

5 September 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, David Ossendrijver, was born in Rotterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 7 April 1944 in a transport of 240 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was among 111 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

5 September 1881 | Italian Jew, Tito Finzi, was born in Milan. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Fossoli camp on 5 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

5 September 1895 | A German Jew, Leo Lowenthal, was born in Berlin. On 3 March 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

4 September 1891 | Czech Jew, Pavel Gerstl, was born in Prague. He was deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

4 September 1921 | Alexander Kryutchkov was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-4167 (Soviet prisoners of war) He perished in the camp on 30 December 1941.

4 September 1888 | A Russian Jew, Salomon Gratch, was born in Rovne. He emigrated to France. In June 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno. He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there. Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944. His poem "The Garden”. A little garden, Fragrant and full of roses, The path is narrow And a little boy walks along it. A little boy, a sweet boy, Like that growing blossom. When the blossom comes to bloom, The little boy will be no more.

4 September 1933 | A German Jewish girl, Margot Steinberg, was born in Berlin. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

4 September 1910 | A Pole, Zbigniew Wasilewski, was born in Warsaw. An engineer. In #Auschwitz from 18 December 1941. No. 24732 He was shot in the camp on 19 June 1942.