3 December 1942 | A Polish man, Józef Steinhof, was registered at Auschwitz with no. 79606. He was a teacher, farmer, and politician. An activist of the peasant movement. He was a member of the lower house of the Polish parliament (Sejm). During the German occupation, he was active in the underground organisation Stronnictwo Ludowe (People's Party) "Roch". On 18 July 1942, he was arrested and interrogated by the Gestapo in Nowy Sącz and Cracow. He perished in Auschwitz on 20 May 1943.

3 December 1918 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie Löwyová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS:

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The history of the deportation of Jews from the ghetto in Theresienstadt to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

3 December 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Rosalia Elisabeth Bloemist, was born in Amsterdam. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and 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/