21 October 1902 | Eddy Hamel was born in New York. As a teenager, he moved to #Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player in Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games. After his arrest in October 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished on 30 April 1943. --- Listen to our podcast about sports & sportspeople in Auschwitz:

21 October 1932 | A French Jewish boy, Joseph Rotholc, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport ot 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 908 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

21 October 1907 | A Pole, Maksymilian Krzemień, was born in Kozy. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. No. 33141 He was shot in the camp on 27 May 1942. --- Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa