16 October 1900 | A Pole, Julian Gniewosz, was born in Łyków. A tax collector. In #Auschwitz from 6 December 1942. No. 80175 In 1943 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived. --- A podcast about registration photos:

16 October 1934 | French Jewish girl Catherine Levi was born in Chartres. In September 1942 she was deported from Pithiviers to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

16 October 1920 | German Jewish woman, Fanny Ornstein, was born in Hamburg. A seamstress. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 August 1942 and registered in the camp. She perished there on 27 August 1942.

16 October 1910 | Dutch Jew, Louis Lena van Emden, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork with his wife Marika in August 1942. Marika was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. Louis perished in the camp on 30 September 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

15 October 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Vieyra, was born in Rotterdam. In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

15 October 1911 | A Frenchman, Roger Chaput, was born in Saint-Ouen. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45352 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942.

15 October 1876 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Marianne Bouwman, was born in Rotterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

15 October 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Wisznia, was born in Paris. In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

15 October 1920 | Pole Marcin Gorbacz was born in Mostki. A hairdresser. In #Auschwitz from 21 June 1942. No. 40398 He perished in the camp on 19 October 1942. --- A podcast about registration photos:

15 October 1904 | A Polish Jew, Abram Godik, was born in Warsaw. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942. No. 35702 He perished in the camp on 14 August 1942. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/