12 September 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Hanna Harriët Samson, was born in Emmen. In December 1942, she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

11 September 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Jeanne Woudstra, was born in Leeuwarden. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents Esther and Nathan and brothers Albers and Marcus. Probably all of them were murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

11 September 1925 | A Pole, Władysław Torbicz, was born in Lubień. A farm worker. In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1941. No. 21524 He perished in the camp on 22 April 1942.

11 September 1924 | Slovak Jew, Rudolf Vrba (b. Walter Rosenberg), was born in Topoľčany. On 15 June 1942, he was deported to Majdanek from where after a few weeks he was transferred to Auschwitz. No. 44070 On 7 April 1944, he escaped from #Auschwitz together with Alfred Wetzler. Their report contributed later to halting the deportations of Hungarian Jews for extermination to Auschwitz. Rudolf Vrba passed away in March 2006 in Vancouver.