Auschwitz Memorial

Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account at Mastodon. You can also find us on:

FB: http://facebook.com/auschwitzmemorial
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TT: http://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum

#museum #memorial #NeverForget #NeverAgainIsNow #histodons #fedi22 #Remember #facts

Themes: #Auschwitz #Holocaust #Shoah #antisemitism #WorldWar2 #ww2 #memory #history #Nazis #genocide #museums

Website: https://www.auschwitz.org
Facebook: http://facebook.com/auschwitzmemorial
E-lessons: http://lesson.auschwitz.org
Podcast: http://podcast.auschwitz.org

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Last Notes

2026-03-27 03:00:20 UTC

27 March 1903 | Norwegian Jew, Nils Behak, was born in Kristiania (later Oslo).
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942.
He perished in the camp on 5 January 1943.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-27 00:01:29 UTC

27 March 1897 | German Jew, Gerhard Brock, was born in Stettin (today Szczecin in Poland). An engineer. He lived in Berlin.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Berlin on 2 March 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-26 21:01:02 UTC

26 March 1934 | A French Jewish boy, Francis Levin, was born in Paris.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 November 1943 in a transport of 1,200 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among the 914 people murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-26 18:01:08 UTC

26 March 1921 | A Polish woman, Zofia Węcławik, was born in Majdan Skierbieszowski.
In #Auschwitz from 13 December 1942.
No. 27089
She perished in the camp on 2 May 1943.
---
More on deportations from Zamość Region:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dep_zam_EN
🎧 Podcast: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/deportations-of-poles-from-the-zamosc-region-to-auschwitz/
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2026-03-26 15:01:22 UTC

26 March 1905 | An Austrian Jew, Viktor Frankl, was born in Vienna. A neurologist & psychiatrist. One of the founders of psychological humanism.
He passed through Theresienstadt and the camps of Auschwitz, Kaufering & Türkheim. He survived. Author of 'Man in Search of Meaning'.
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2026-03-26 12:00:57 UTC

26 March 1911 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ilona Beran, was born in Budapest. She lived in Hradec Kralove.
She was deported from the Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
---
▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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2026-03-26 09:00:45 UTC

26 March 1910 | A Pole, Bruno Gierszewski, was born in Chojnice. A cleric.
In #Auschwitz from 29 May 1942.
No. 37266
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Mauthausen and liberated there.
---
The Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in Auschwitz . Learn about the fate of Christian clergy and religious life in the camp: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
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2026-03-26 06:00:12 UTC

26 March 1920 | Jewish man, Hirsch Metzger, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 15 April 1942
No. 29673
He perished in the camp on 10 May 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-26 03:00:12 UTC

26 March 1925 | Dutch Jewish girl, Alice Elizabeth Cohen, was born in Voorburg.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. She did not survive.
---
🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/
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2026-03-26 00:00:27 UTC

26 March 1928 | Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Frisch, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. He did not survive.
---
Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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2026-03-25 21:00:25 UTC

25 March 1936 | A French Jewish boy, Rene Tyk, was born in Paris.
On 19 August 1942, he was deported from #Drancy to Auschwitz in a transport of 1,000 people. He was murdered in a gas chamber immediately after his arrival on 21 August.
---
▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-25 18:01:05 UTC

25 March 1925 | A Pole, Tadeusz Sobolewicz, was born in Poznań.
For his activities in the resistance movement, he was imprisoned in #Auschwitz in November 1941.
No. 23053
Later in Buchenwald and Flossenbürg. After the war an actor. He died in 2015.
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2026-03-25 15:00:46 UTC

25 March 1924 | A Polish Jew, Elchuna Lipszyc, was born in Białobrzegi. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23988
He perished in the camp on 10 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-25 12:00:47 UTC

25 March 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Alexander van der Stam, was born in Amsterdam.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 December 1942 in a transport of 811 Jews deported from Westerbork. He and his mother Flora were among the 795 people murdered in gas chambers after selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-25 09:00:21 UTC

25 March 1942 | A Czech Roma girl, Ludmila Daniel, was born in Luhačovice.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 19 March 1943.
No. Z-5007
She perished in the camp on 2 May 1943.
---
Our webinar on extermination of Roma people: https://youtu.be/pJoEoTTkjM4

2026-03-25 06:00:11 UTC

25 March 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Ephraim de Hond, was born in Rotterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
---
📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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2026-03-25 03:00:13 UTC

25 March 1929 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara Antoinette Mogendorff, was born in Arnhem.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
---
Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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2026-03-25 00:00:13 UTC

25 March 1909 | Czech Jew, Hanuš Adel, was born in Plzeň.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. He did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
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2026-03-24 21:00:43 UTC

24 March 1930 | Dutch Jewish girl, Louise van den Berg, was born in Bandung (then Dutch East Indies, today Indonesia). She moved to the Hague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in December 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-24 18:01:10 UTC

24 March 1911 | A Pole, Zygmunt Jaszczur, was born in Warsaw. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 7 March 1942.
No. 26599
He perished in the camp on 7 September 1942.
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2026-03-24 15:00:56 UTC

24 March 1936 | A French Jew, Jacques Gabai, was born in Quimper.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 February 1944 in a transport of 1214 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 999 people murdered in gas chambers after selection.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-24 12:00:43 UTC

24 March 1885 | A Polish Jew, Zygmunt Rolnicki, was born in Lwów. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 5 November 1941.
No. 22445
He perished in the camp after two days.
---
🎧/📖 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/polish-and-jewish-prisoners-in-the-camp/
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2026-03-24 09:00:28 UTC

24 March 1895 | A Pole, Franciszek Wrona, was born in Raszków. A farmer.
In #Auschwitz from 16 December 1942.
No. 83896
He perished in the camp on 18 March 1943.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-24 06:00:10 UTC

24 March 1929 | A German Jewish boy, Horst Avraham, was born in Berlin.
In April 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-24 03:00:10 UTC

24 March 1894 | A Polish Jew, Szmul Biedny, was born in Chęciny. He lived in France.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 7 April 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Compiegne.
No. 38247
He perished in the camp on 23 July 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-24 00:00:08 UTC

24 March 1888 | Czech Jewish woman, Hermína Grafová, was born in Nepomuk.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
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2026-03-22 21:00:22 UTC

22 March 1933 | Dutch Jewish girl, Bertha Schielaar, was born in Rotterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
📖The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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2026-03-22 18:00:32 UTC

22 March 1902 | A Pole, Florian Anioła, was born in Żabików. A fireman.
In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942.
No. 35364
He perished in the camp on 11 November 1942.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-22 15:00:23 UTC

22 March 1930 | A Czech Jewish girl, Eva Freundová, was born in Pardubice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber.
---
Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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2026-03-22 12:00:22 UTC

22 March 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Rosa Bravarski, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 9 August 1942 in a transport of 1,069 Jews deported from Pithiviers and Beaune-la-Rolande. She was among the 794 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-22 09:00:13 UTC

22 March 1887 | A German, Wilhelm Keimel, was born in Stolp (today Słupsk). A bricklayer.
In #Auschwitz from 6 December 1941.
No. 23766
He perished in the camp on 26 January 1942.
---
🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/registration-photographs-of-auschwitz-prosiners/
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2026-03-22 06:00:17 UTC

22 March 1922 | A Polish Jew, Berek Fiszman, was born in Radomsko. A carpenter.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 24223
He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-22 03:00:09 UTC

22 March 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Louis Cohen, was born in Rotterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-22 00:00:09 UTC

22 March 1908 | Czech Jewish woman, Herta Robitschková, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1944. She did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
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2026-03-20 21:00:33 UTC

20 March 1874 | French Jewish woman, Jeanne Alexandre, was born in Rixheim.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-20 18:00:58 UTC

20 March 1922 | A Pole, Zdzisław Zajączkowski, was born in Grudziądz.
In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1941.
No. 13392
He perished in the camp on 25 June 1942.
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2026-03-20 15:01:01 UTC

20 March 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Freda Rojzner, was born in Paris.
She was deported to Auschwitz in February 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-20 12:00:55 UTC

20 March 1913 | A Polish Jewish woman, Maria Szenker, was born in Kraków. She was a clerk.
In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6842
She perished in the camp on 19 August 1942.
---
Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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2026-03-20 09:00:25 UTC

20 March 1922 | A Pole, Zygmunt Glaser, was born in Kowel.
In #Auschwitz from 30 August 1940.
No. 3612
In 1944 he was transferred to KL Mauthausen and liberated there.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-20 06:00:21 UTC

20 March 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Anna Baumová, was born in Zalužany.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en
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2026-03-20 03:00:14 UTC

20 March 1911 | Polish Jewish woman, Jenna Einhorn was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
Deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 30 June 1944.
No. A-8606
She was transferred to Theresienstadt and liberated there.
She died in hospital in Lariboisière on 7 June 1945.
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2026-03-20 00:00:16 UTC

20 March 1907 | Norwegian Jew, Isak Shotland, was born in Trondheim.
In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He was beaten to death in Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 29 January 1943.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-19 21:00:48 UTC

19 March 1874 | Jewish woman, Thora Mendelsohn (nee Paltiel) was born in Malmö. She moved to Norway in 1894.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-19 18:00:45 UTC

19 March 1910 | A Pole, Kazimierz Lewiński, was born in Brody. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942.
Camp no. 33145
He was shot on 25 May 1942.
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▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
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2026-03-19 15:01:16 UTC

19 March 1912 | A Polish Jew, Bolesław Zejdenweber, was born in Radom. Sn electrician.
In #Auschwitz from 20 October 1942.
No. 68992
Fate unknown.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-19 12:01:01 UTC

19 March 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agi Singer, was born in Gyor.
In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/
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2026-03-19 09:00:29 UTC

19 March 1920 | A Pole, Bolesław Baran, was born in Będzin.
In #Auschwitz from 5 January 1943.
No. 85452
He perished in the camp on 10 April 1943.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-19 06:00:15 UTC

19 March 1886 | A Czech Jewish woman, Klára Bergmannová, was born in České Budějovice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en
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2026-03-19 03:00:10 UTC

19 March 1922 | A German Jewish woman, Sara Jacobson, was born in Hamburg. She lived in Amsterdam.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her father Naphtali and three siblings: Bernhard, Dina and Ernst. None of them survived.
---
🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/
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2026-03-19 00:00:22 UTC

19 March 1937 | French Jewish boy, Henri Flamenbaum, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-17 21:00:40 UTC

17 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Barnett Greenman, was born in Rotterdam.
In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-17 18:00:43 UTC

17 March 1912 | A Slovenian, Franz Zirnski, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 13 February 1943.
No. 101745
Fate unknown.
---
🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/registration-photographs-of-auschwitz-prosiners/
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2026-03-17 15:01:44 UTC

17 March 1915 | A Czech Jewish woman, Věra Bondyová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 16 October 1944. She did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en
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2026-03-17 12:00:40 UTC

17 March 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Gerard Levy, was born in Paris.
In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-17 09:00:30 UTC

17 March 1910 | A Pole, Józef Zach, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 1742
In 1942 he was released from the camp.
---
Releases from Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/life-in-the-camp/releases-from-the-camp
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2026-03-17 06:00:11 UTC

17 March 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Michel Erdelyi, was born in Rouen.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 13 February 1943 in a transport of 998 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 802 people murdered after selection in a gas chambers.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-17 03:00:10 UTC

17 March 1900 | A Jewish man, Raphael Ganon, was born in Izmir. He lived in France.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 October 1942 in a transport of 210 Jews deported from Drancy. He did not survive.
---
▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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2026-03-17 00:00:17 UTC

17 March 1914 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Goldsztejn, was born in Radomsko. A watchman.
In #Auschwitz from 16 October 1941.
No. 21577
He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-16 21:00:30 UTC

16 March 1939 | A Jewish boy, Adalbert Berkovits, was born in Simleul Silvaniei.
In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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2026-03-16 18:00:55 UTC

16 March 1920 | A Pole, Heliodor Wystub, was born in Chorzów.
In #Auschwitz from 25 January 1941.
No. 9520
He perished in the camp on 16 March 1942.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-16 15:00:53 UTC

16 March 1891 | A Polish Jew, Aron Libster, was born in Żółkiewka.
In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941.
No. 20824
Fate unknown.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-16 12:00:31 UTC

16 March 1918 | Slovak Jewish woman, Livia Lily Lowy, was born in Klenovec.
In Auschwitz from 3 April 1942.
No. 4752
She survived the death march.
---
Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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2026-03-16 09:00:13 UTC

16 March 1892 | Polish woman Paulina Dąbrowska was born in Skierbieszów. Expelled during ethnic cleansing in Zamość Region.
In #Auschwitz from 13 December 1942
No. 26848
She perished in the camp on 18 March 1943.
---
More on deportations from Zamość Region:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dep_zam_EN
🎧 Podcast: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/deportations-of-poles-from-the-zamosc-region-to-auschwitz/
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2026-03-16 08:00:08 UTC

16 March 1895 | Jewish man, Bernhard Rosenberg, was born in Minsk. In 1918 he emigrated to Norway. A tailor.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-16 07:00:07 UTC

16 March 1924 | Dutch Jewish girl, Dora Tepper, was born in Gelsenkirchen. In January 1939, she emigrated to the Netherlands.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in December 1942. She did not survive.
---
📖The fate o Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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2026-03-16 06:30:07 UTC

16 March 1931 | Czech Jewish girl, Soňa Fischerová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
---
Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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2026-03-15 21:00:27 UTC

15 March 1893 | German Jewish woman, Luise Seligmann, was born in Hamburg. She emigrated to Norway in 1912.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-15 18:00:34 UTC

15 March 1920 | A Polish woman, Zofia Królikowska, was born in Drwalewo. A shop assistant.
In #Auschwitz from 9 October 1942.
No. 22231
She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
---
Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Show Less
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2026-03-15 15:00:25 UTC

15 March 1938 | A Dutch Jew, Leo Samuel Drukker, was born in Amsterdam.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 March 1944 in a transport of 732 Jews from Westerbork. He was among the 477 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber together with his mother Mietje and father Joseph.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-15 12:00:25 UTC

15 March 1908 | A German Jew, Isidor Leo Klinger, was born in Strasbourg.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Dortmund on 17 May 1943.
Camp no. 121535
In January 1945 he was transferred to Buchenwald where he perished on 9 February 1945.
---
▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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2026-03-15 09:00:11 UTC

15 March 1910 | A Pole, Karol Siwek, was born in Dubna. A painter, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, student of Prof. W. Jarocki.
In #Auschwitz 25 April 1942.
No. 33171
He was shot on 27 May 1942.
---
▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
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2026-03-15 06:00:09 UTC

15 March 1901 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Weinberger, was born in Tarnów. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 3 March 1942.
No. 25986
He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-15 03:00:13 UTC

15 March 1899 | Polish Jewish woman, Laja Klatkiewicz, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 3 August 1942. She did not survive.
---
🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/
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2026-03-15 00:00:11 UTC

15 March 1927 | French Jewish boy, Léon Gorfinkel, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 2 September 1942. He did not survive.
---
Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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2026-03-14 21:00:37 UTC

14 March 1936 | A Jewish boy Pal Szenes was born in Subotica (Szabadka).
In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-14 18:00:27 UTC

14 March 1902 | A Polish woman, Józefa Frąckowiak, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 16 July 1942.
No. 8731
She perished in the camp on 5 October 1942.
---
Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Show Less
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2026-03-14 15:00:59 UTC

14 March 1903 | A Polish Jew, Ignacy Holzer, was born in Tarnów. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22692
He perished in the camp on 3 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-14 12:00:45 UTC

14 March 1885 | A Hungarian Jew, Wiliam Kohn, was born in Vancsod.
In October 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
---
📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/
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2026-03-14 09:00:26 UTC

14 March 1914 | A Pole, Zbigniew Kozankiewicz, was born in Brzezany. A student.
In #Auschwitz from 5 June 1941.
No. 17007
He perished in the camp on 14 December 1941.
---
📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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2026-03-14 06:00:11 UTC

14 March 1927 | A Czech Jew. Hanuš Brod. was born.
On 27 July 1942 he and his mother, Olga, were imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and on 15 December 1943 they were deported to #Auschwitz. They did not survive.
---
The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en
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2026-03-14 03:00:11 UTC

14 March 1893 | A German Jewish woman, Grete Marx Emmel, was born in Warburg.
In October 1940 she was imprisoned in the internment camp in Gurs. In September 1942 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
---
▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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2026-03-14 00:00:14 UTC

14 March 1926 | French Jew, André Lévy, was born in Metz.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Angers on 20 July 1942. He did not survive.
---
🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/
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2026-03-13 21:01:42 UTC

13 March 1887 | Austrian Jew, Jacob Reichwald, was born in Vienna. In 1938 he fled to Norway.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
---
▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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2026-03-13 18:00:50 UTC

13 March 1922 | Józef Szajna was born in Rzeszów.
In ##Auschwitz from 25 July 1941
No. 18729
In August 1943, he unsuccessfully tried to escape. In January 1944 transferred to KL Buchenwald.
He survived;
Scenographer, theater director, painter https://culture.pl/en/artist/jozef-szajna
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2026-03-13 15:01:23 UTC

13 March 1913 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Henriette Roode, was born in Onstwedde.
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
---
📖The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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2026-03-13 12:01:23 UTC

13 March 1931 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ilona Junger, was born in Miskolc.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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2026-03-13 09:00:28 UTC

13 March 1911 | A Pole, Józef Kowalski, was born in Siedliska. A Catholic priest, Salesian.
In #Auschwitz from 26 June 1941.
No. 17350
On 4 July 1942 he was drowned in a barrel of fecal matter in the Penal Company, where he was placed for refusing to trample a rosary.
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One of at least 464 priests, seminarians and monks imprisoned in Auschwitz. Learn more:
📖 Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/pS0LQoQ4YLk
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2026-03-13 06:00:13 UTC

13 March 1922 | A Polish Jew, Markus Eisen, was born in Krakow. A saddler.
In #Auschwitz from 26 March 1942.
No. 27233
He perished in the camp on 27 April 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-13 03:00:11 UTC

13 March 1878 | French Jew, René Blum, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 23 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/
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2026-03-13 00:00:15 UTC

13 March 1929 | Austrian Jewish girl, Rosa Seinfeld, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in November 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-12 21:00:41 UTC

12 March 1940 | French Jewish boy, Marcel Holcblat, was born in Ares.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 28 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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2026-03-12 18:00:58 UTC

12 March 1926 | A Polish Roma woman, Wanda Ferko-Pawłowska, was born in Zabrzeg.
In #Auschwitz from 29 July 1942.
No. 10570
She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
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2026-03-12 15:01:17 UTC

12 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Lijmer, was born in Amsterdam.
In January 1943 she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz with her mother Naatje. Both were 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
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2026-03-12 12:00:54 UTC

12 March 1912 | Polish Jewish woman Ala Gertner was born in Będzin.
She was incarcerated in #Auschwitz in August 1943. She worked in the „Union” munition factory from where, together with other women, she smuggled gunpowder to the Sonderkommando resistance.
She was hanged on 6 January 1945.
Watch a lecture about the revolt in Sonderkommando: https://youtu.be/g0oYzZ3CM44
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2026-03-12 09:00:23 UTC

12 March 1903 | A Slovenian, Josef Sitter, was born in Šentjakob. A car mechanic.
In #Auschwitz from 28 September 1941.
No. 21141
He perished in the camp on 24 February 1942.
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2026-03-12 06:00:12 UTC

12 March 1927 | Polish Jewish girl, Ella Zajdman, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 4 November 1942. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO
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2026-03-12 03:00:09 UTC

12 March 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Roger Portigheis, was born in Nice.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 505 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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2026-03-12 00:00:18 UTC

12 March 1886 | French Jew of Polish origin, Paul Solinski, was born.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Compiegne on 27 March 1942 in the first transport of Jews from occupied France to Auschwitz.
No. 28397
He perished in the camp on 12 April 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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2026-03-11 21:00:52 UTC

11 March 1927 | A Czech Jewish boy, Herbert Löwi, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en
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2026-03-11 18:01:08 UTC

11 March 1890 | A Czech, Josef Werner, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942.
No. 35834
He perished in camp on 12 August 1942.
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🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/registration-photographs-of-auschwitz-prosiners/
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