31 December 1880 | A Pole, Aleksander Śliwowski, was born in Lublin. A landowner. In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1941. No 14672 He was shot in the camp on 2 September 1941. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

31 December 1903 | Jewish man, Jacob Caplan, was born in Manchester (UK). He emigrated to Norway in 1914. A football player and merchant. In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. No. 81954 He perished in the camp on 19 March 1943. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

31 December 1902 | An Austrian Jew, Viktor Weisselberger, was born in Graz. He was a sales representative. In #Auschwitz from 19 June 1942 No. 39912 He died in the camp on 25 June 1942. --- 🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp:

31 December 1906 | A Pole, Gustaw Wąsikowski, was born in Biskupice. An officer of the Polish Army. In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1941. No 21515 He was shot in the camp on 28 October 1942. --- ▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

31 December 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Felicie Rajter, was born in Villerupt. On 14 September 1942 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. On 16 September 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

31 December 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Alfred van der Linden, was born in Amsterdam. In December 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his brother Henri. They were 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/

31 January 1921 | A Czech Jewish woman, Hana Picková, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

30 December 1886 | Jewish woman, Léa Idelson, was born in Haifa (then in Ottoman Empire). She lived in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 3 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

30 December 1903 | A Pole, Eugeniusz Sławiński, was born in Warsaw. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 13 March 1942. No. 26745 He perished in the camp on 27 July 1942.

30 December 1937 | Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Sack, was born at The Hague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: