17 December 1905 | Pole Józef Kupiec was born in Zakopane. A cook. In #Auschwitz from 20 June 1940. No. 791 He perished on 3 May 1945 in the Bay of Lubeck. --- See our online lesson that tells the story of the first weeks of the newly created German Nazi camp and its first prisoners - Poles deported from the Cracow district in the General Government: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_17_deportacje/

17 December 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Alice van Thijn, was born in Amsterdam. She probably perished during a transport from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz in February 1944.

17 December 1893 | A Jewish man, Zemack Resnick, was born in Lithuania. He emigrated to Norway. In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz:

17 December 1914 | A Czech Jew, Ernst Kraus, was born in Brno. A rail worker. In #Auschwitz from 21 November 1941. No. 23148 He perished in the camp on 6 December 1941. --- A podcast about registration photos:

16 December 1888 | A Czech Jew, Josef Vrba, was born in Neustupov. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

16 December 1878 | A Pole, Jan Brzeski, was born in Jasło. A doctor. In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941. No. 24516 He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942. --- "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

16 December 1905 | A Polish Jew, Chaskiel Siegler, was born in Tarnów. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 29 December 1941. No. 25116 He perished in the camp on 19 March 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz:

16 December 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Henri van Son, was born in Rotterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 October 1942 in a transport of 1,014 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

16 December 1906 | Danil Zyevagin was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-8212 He perished in the camp on 13 November 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/ Podcast:

16 December 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zkerman, was born in Sosnowiec. In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941. No. 22355 He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: