26 December 1912 | A Pole, Mieczysław Kozina, was born in Wierzchowiny. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942.
No. 72196
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1943.
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26 December 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Hélène Pokoïk, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:
26 December 1918 | A Dutch Jew, Salomon Wijnberg, was born in Amsterdam. A farmer.
He was deported to #Auschwitz in January 1944. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz:
26 December 1899 | A German Jehovah’s Witness, Marta Proppe, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 12 November 1942
No. 24418
She was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. She survived.
One of at least 387 Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Auschwitz.
26 December 1914 | Polish man, Szczepan Antczak, was born in Strzegowo. A carpenter.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940
No. 3178
He was released in 1941.
He survived the war and passed away in 2010 at the age of 95.
More about releases from Auschwitz:
26 December 1899 | A Polish Jew, Abram Finkelstein, was born in Radom. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 20 December 1941
No. 24955
He perished in the camp on 29 December 1941.
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🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp:
26 December 1911 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zděnka Roubičková, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS:
26 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Samuel Banda, was born in Metz.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 11 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:
25 December 1903 | A Polish Jew Aron Najmiler was born in Łódź. He emigrated to Belgium. A cutter.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Mechelen / #Malines on 4 August 1942. He did not survive.
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🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz:
25 December 1910 | Nikolay Makarchov was born. A Soviet army soldier.
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-2933 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 27 October 1941.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
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