6 January 1881 | German Jewish woman Paula Schönhof was born in Frankfurt am Main. In September 1942 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt ghetto from where she was deported to #Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1858 | Hungarian Jew Yakow Heizler was born in Apostag. He was a soldier. During the war he lived in Ujpest. In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 📖 Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

5 January 1914 | Vasily Yavdachenko was born. Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1936 | Yugoslav Jewish girl Aniko Bohm was born in Subotica. She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp:

5 January 1891 | Polish Jew Borach Ostrowiecki was born in Nowy Korczyn. A merchant. In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941 No. 20811 He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

5 January 1894 | Polish woman Klaudia Golbiak was born in the village of Żmudź. A housewife. In #Auschwitz from 5 February 1943. No. 34373 She perished in the camp on 12 March 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Lea Cohen, was born in Assen. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her brother Mozes (in the picture with Lea), and mother Kaatje. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- 📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

5 January 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Grietje van der Wijk, was born in Groningen. Deported from #Westerbork to the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 26 February 1944. On 16 May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her mother Claartje and brother Jozef. They did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast:

5 January 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Strassberg, was born in Antwerp. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Malines / Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III:

4 January 1924 | Hungarian Jew Zoltan Junger was born in Miskolc. A carpenter. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: