3 January 1876 | Czech Jewish woman Ida Wurmfeldová was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

3 January 1942 | Czech Jewish girl Věra Rotterová was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 4 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

3 January 1898 | Hungarian Jew Ferenc Schweiger was born in Kiskunfélegyháza. A merchant. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz:

2 January 1937 | Dutch Jewish boy Salomon Louis Turksma was born in Utrecht. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

2 January 1905 | Pole Mieczysław Ciszek was born in Potok Wielki. A miller. In #Auschwitz from 27 November 1941. No. 23544 He perished in the camp on 20 March 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

2 January 1924 | Polish Jew Juda Schullehrer was born in Tarnów. In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942. No. 25549 He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

2 January 1916 | A Norwegian Jewish woman, Lilly Gedanken, was born in Kristiania (Oslo). She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber immediately after selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

2 January 1880 | Czech Jew Richard Fischmann was born in Stařeč. In #Auschwitz from 16 January 1942 No. 25801 He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos:

2 January 1940 | Polish Jewish boy Aleksander Kleinman, was born in Będzin. He was deported from the Będzin ghetto to #Auschwitz in the summer of 1942 or 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

2 January 1912 | Czech Jew Hanuš Fertig was born in Ostrava. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. 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