16 June 1888 | Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Bergsteinová, was born in Prague.
She was deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz on 4 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

15 June 1885 | A German Jew, Max Reinhaus, was born in Stadtlohn. In 1938 he fled to The Netherlands.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection with his wife Clara.


15 June 1895 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Zyman, was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
In #Auschwitz from 12 February 1942.
No. 21799
He perished in the camp on 20 February 1942.

14 June 1886 | German Jewish woman, Jenny Strahl, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to Belgium.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 19 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Auschwitz was the first concentration camp established by the Germans after the outbreak of WW2 in the occupied Poland. 14 June 1940 is considered the date of its creation, as on that day, the first Poles were deported there from Tarnów – 728 prisoners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKOZLEUo2QM
13 June 1882 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Dorner, was born in Berlin.
In June 1943 she was incarcerated in Theresienstadt Ghetto and in October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

11 June 1883 | A German Jew, Siegfried Kessler, was born in Iserlohn.
He was deported to #Auschwitz in March 1943 from Munich and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

10 June 1927 | A Czech Jewish boy, František Katz, was born in Prague.
He was deported from Theresienstadt Ghetto to #Auschwitz on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

7 June 1904 | A Jewish man, Salvatore Capelluto, was born on Rhodes Island.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 16 August 1944. He did not survive.

7 June 1932 | French Jewish boy, Georges Grynspan, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 18 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

7 June 1900 | Czech Jew Erwin Haas was born in Olomouc. An electro-mechanic.
In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39282
He perished in the camp on 26 June 1942.

4 June 1890 | A Polish woman, Anastazja Onik, was born in Żuków.
In #Auschwitz from 15 January 1943.
No. 28821
She perished in the camp on 29 June 1943.

3 June 1922 | A Polish man, Henryk Broda, was born in Jędrzejów.
In #Auschwitz from 22 September 1940.
No. 4432
He perished in the camp on 8 August 1941.

2 June 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Louis Halle was born in Amsterdam.
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his parents Leopold & Johanna and brother Robert. The mother & boys were murdered after selection in a gas chamber. The father perished some weeks later.



2 June 1931 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Josua Boesenach, was born in The Hague.
In November 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

26 May 1929 | A Czech Jewish girl, Marie Fischerová, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 October 1944. She did not survive.

26 May 1885 | A German Jewish woman, Margarete Horwitz, was born in Berlin. During the war she lived in Amsterdam.
In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Webinar: "Functionary prisoners at Auschwitz
26 May | 4 pm (CEST)
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16:05-17:35 | Functionary Prisoners in KL Auschwitz - Lecture by Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, Auschwitz Museum
17:40-18:25 | "He Belonged to the Moderately Bad…" Following the First Thirty Functionary Prisoners of KL Auschwitz – Lecture by Andrzej Domagała, Author of the Book

26 May 1894 | A Czech, Anton Krivanek, was born in Vranovice. A bricklayer.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22085
He perished in the camp on 27 January 1942.

26 May 1939 | Dutch Jewish boy, Carel Gans, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

26 May 1907 | Austrian Jewish woman, Paula Strauss, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 12 August 1942. She did not survive.

26 May 1913 | A Polish Jew, Wolf Altman, was born in Radom. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22717
Date of death: 16 March 1942.

25 May 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Roger Fajlewicz, was born in Paris.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 February 1944 in a transport of 1,214 Jews deported from Drancy. He was amon 999 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
