28 December 1935 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Hans Joachim Straus, was born in The Hague. In October 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

28 December 1891 | A Polish Jew, Fiszel Reches, was born in Niemirów. A butcher. In #Auschwitz from 13 January 1942 No. 25507 He perished in the camp on 6 March 1942. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz:

28 December 1885 | A Dutch Jewish woman Philippine de Ploeg was born in Amsterdam. She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt on 20 January 1944 & from there on 9 October she was transported to #Auschwitz. Most likely she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

27 December 1919 | A French Jew, Edmund Blanc, was born in Paris. In #Auschwitz from 20 December 1943 No. 169764 Out of 850 Jews from his transport, 505 were murdered in a gas chamber. Blanc perished in the camp on 7 Feb 1944.

27 December 1902 | A German, Erich Julius Bass, was born in Königsberg (then Prussia, today Kaliningrad in Russia). A locksmith. In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941 No. 20738 He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos:

27 December 1900 | A Polish Jew, Hersch Schiff, was born in Tarnów. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942 No. 25519 He perished in the camp on 2 March 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

27 December 1879 | A French Jew, Sylvain Schnerb, was born in Colmar. During the war he lived in Paris. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

27 December 1908 | A Polish woman, Weronika Długosz, was born in Stanisławów. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No 32154 She was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen and liberated there. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

27 December 1927 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Meijer Koster, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

27 December 1875 | A Czech Jew, Adolf Tosek, was born in Kladno. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He 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