Roy B
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Roy B
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16 January 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Salomon Harschel was born in The Hague.

In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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16 January 1902 | Polish Jew Mati Eltinger was born in Częstochowa. A gardener.

In #Auschwitz from 9 January 1942.
No. 62663
Evacuated to KL Buchenwald. Fate unknown.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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16 January 1896 | Dutch Jewish woman Mijntje van Gelderen-Zwarts was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her husband Salomon. They did not survive.
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📖 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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15 January 1887 | Samuel Dabrosin, a Jew, was born in Vitebsk. In 1911 he emigrated to Norway. A carpenter.

Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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15 January 1909 | Pole Michał Anioł was born in Kocmyrzów. A locksmith.

In #Auschwitz from 12 August 1941
No. 20041
He perished in the camp on 25 December 1941.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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15 January 1912 | Polish Jewish woman Chaja Ita Cymbler was born in Będzin.

She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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15 January 1943 | A transport of 2,000 Jews deported from the ghetto in Zambrów in German-occupied Poland arrived at #Auschwitz.

SS doctors selected 217 men & 21 women to be registered as prisoners. The remaining 1,762 people were murdered immediately in gas chambers.
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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15 January 1912 | Czech Jewish woman Helena Arnsteinová was born in Prague. Saleswoman.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She did not survive.
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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14 January 1942 | German Sinti girl Hildegard Widic was born in Elberfeld.

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 9 March 1943.
No. Z-1925
She perished in the camp on April 12, 1943.
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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15 January 1916 | Polish Jew Szmul Lewi Wajnsztejn was born in Sokołów. A tailor. During the war he lived in France.

In #Auschwitz from 30 June 1942
No 43667
He perished in the camp on 18 August 1942.
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🎧 Tthe situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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15 January 1905 | Polish Jew Symcha Srebnik was born in Warsaw.

In #Auschwitz from 21 April 1942
No. 31918
He perished in the camp on 20 June 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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14 January 1897 | W Czech Jew, Wilhelm Fischmann, was born in Teplice.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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14 January 1919 | Italian Jew Franco Sacerdoti was born in Naples.

On 22 February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz.
No. 174545
He did not survive.

One of about 7,500 Italian Jews deported to #Auschwitz.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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14 January 1912 | Pole Józef Szychowski was born in Justynów. A carpenter.

In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942.
No. 35621
He perished in the camp on 9 September 1942.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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14 January 1932 | Dutch Jewish boy Hartog Roodveldt was born in Amsterdam.

On 31 August 1943, he was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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14 January 1891 | Polish Jew Abraham Finkielsztajn was born in Nowa Słupia. A paramedic.

In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941.
No. 21186
He perished in the camp on 21 October 1941.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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14 January 1906 | Polish woman Stanisława Śliwa-Wrońska was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza.

In #Auschwitz from 28 January 1943.
No. 32041
She was transferred to KL Flossenbürg and liberated there.
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Women at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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15 January 1912 | Greek Jewish woman, Sarah Saül (nee Frandjy), was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 31 July 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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14 January 1927 | German Jewish girl Vera Judith Schlein was born in Magdeburg. During the war she lived in Amsterdam.

In January 1944 she was deported from Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto, from where she was taken to #Auschwitz on 19 October 1944. She did not survive.
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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12 January 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marta Müllerová, was born in Mníšek pod Brdy.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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13 January 1927 | French Jewish girl Renee Korzec was born in Paris. She was a pupil.

On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:

📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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13 January 1888 | Czech Jew Rudolf Stein was born in Smilovice.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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13 January 1936 | Austrian Jewish boy George Peter Liebross was born in Vienna.

He was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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13 January 1923 | Polish woman Emilia Kamluk was born in Zwierzyniec.

In #Auschwitz from 28 January 1943.
No. 31947
She perished in the camp on 20 February 1943.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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13 January 1924 | Czech Jewish woman Edita Kohnová was born in Prague. She was a student.

On 4 October 1944 she arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from #Theresienstadt ghetto. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM