6 December 1921 | A Pole, Marian Kołodziej, was born in Raszków. Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 432 He survived. After the war he was a painter & stage designer. Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”. --- Watch a short video about the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz:

6 December 1883 | A German Jew, Otto Leo Bing, was born in Cologne. He lived in Norway. Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942. No. 80025 He perished in the camp on 14 January 1943.

6 December 1869 | A Lithuanian Jew, Isak Leimann, was born in Vilnius. He emigrated to Norway. He arrived in #Auschwitz with his two children, Bernhard & Dina, on 1 December 1942. Isak & Dina were murdered in a gas chamber. Bernhard perished in the camp in January 1943. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ Podcast:

5 December 1901 | Jewish man, Félix Abécassis, was born in Oran (Algeria). He came to Paris in 1920. An English-French translator. In Auschwitz from 12 February 1944. No. 127616 He was later transferred to Buchenwald, where he died of pneumonia on 23 February 1945. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

5 December 1924 | A Pole, Marian Zgórniak, was born in Gorlice. In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943. No. 90788 In 1944 he was transferred to Gross-Rosen. He survived. --- "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

5 December 1935 | Dutch Jewish girl Annie Koekoek was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she 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:

5 December 1920 | A Norwegian Jew, Mendel Jaffe, was born in Horten. Photography apprentice. On 26 November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

5 December 1903 | A Polish woman, Wanda Rogowska, was born in Krakow. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 30 September 1942. No. 21172 She perished in the camp on 21 November 1942. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast:

5 December 1898 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Stieglitz, was born in Niebylec. An art historian. In #Auschwitz from 5 May 1942. No. 34793 He perished in the camp on 4 June 1942. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: