Auschwitz Memorial
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Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.
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19 May 1913 | A Polish woman, Helena Zachaczewska, was born. A tailor.
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943.
No. 30657
She was liberated on 27 January 1945.
19 May 1931 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Selma Spanjer, was born in Amsterdam.
In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
19 May 1903 | A Polish Jew, Moszek Rozencwajg, was born in Będzin. A locksmith assistant.
In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941.
No. 22240
He perished in the camp on 30 October 1941.
19 May 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leendert Leo Engelsman, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
18 May 1884 | Czech Jewish woman, Hedvika Zdekauerová, was born in Hořice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
18 May 1938 | Dutch Jewish girl, Johanna Bromet, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in July 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
One of the darkest chapters of the history of Auschwitz is the story of the Sonderkommando - prisoners, mainly Jews, forced to work in gas chambers and crematoria.
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18 May 1901 | A Czech Jewish woman, Gertruda Eisnerová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
18 May 1897 | A Pole, Jan Blak, was born in Krakow. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 3 August 1942.
No. 55778
Date of death: 5 September 1942.
18 May 1902 | A Polish Jew, Selisch Kleinmann, was born in Nowy Sącz. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24556
He perished in the camp on 29 December 1941.
18 May 1894 | A Dutch Jew, Herman Aronson, was born in Arnhem.
In March 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
18 May 1890 | A Pole, Władysław Petzelt, was born in Jabłonica. Between 1935-36 president of Przeworsk County.
In #Auschwitz from 28 November 1940.
No. 6633
He perished in the camp on 25 October 1941.
18 May 1884 | A Czech Jew, Ulrich Weigner, was born.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
18 May 1909 | A Pole, Jan Michalak, was born in Modła Królewska. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 23 May 1941.
No. 15926
Date of death: 18 November 1941.
18 May 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Clara Sophie Bloch, was born in Amsterdam.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 July 1942 in a transport of 931 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 155 people murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
18 May 1888 | A Polish Jew, Jehuda Isidor Luks, was born in Krynica. He lived in Antwerp.
In the autumn of 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
18 May 1925 | A German Jew, Max Rack, was born in Duisburg. From December 1934 he lived in the Netherlands.
In spring 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and registered in the camp where he perished on 5 August 1942.
17 May 1907 | A Czech Jew, Otto Teller, was born in Kamberk.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
