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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · 2d ago

14 May 1920 | A Czech, Jan Husak, was born in Roudnice nad Labem. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942. No. 35892 He perished in the camp on 8 July 1942.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · 4d ago

12 May 1905 | A Polish man, Franciszek Czapla, was born in Gołonów. A miner. In #Auschwitz from 1 July 1942. No. 44314 He perished in the camp on 17 September 1942.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · 6d ago

11 May 1937 | A German Jewish girl, Jutta Guttmacher, was born in Schlichtingsheim. On 4 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto 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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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 10, 2026

10 May 1910 | Leon (Leba) Rajbenbach, a Polish Jew, was born in Warsaw to Pinkhus and Braindel. He emigrated to France where he worked as a merchant. During the war he lived in Paris. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 07, 2026

7 May 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leon Zwaap (bottom), was born in Hilversum. In September 1944 he was deported to the #Theresienstadt ghetto and on 6 October to #Auschwitz. He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber together with his brother Edward.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 07, 2026

7 May 1923 | A Polish Jewish girl, Cywia Ehrlich, was born in Sosnowiec to Natan and Andzia. In May 1942 she was murdered in #Auschwitz.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 07, 2026

7 May 1938 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Stella Esther, Radomysler was born in Antwerp. She arrived in #Auschwitz on 13 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 06, 2026

6 May 1940 | Betty Vredenburg, a Dutch Jewish girl, was born in Amsterdam to Abracham and Rachel. She was murdered in a gas chamber of the #Auschwitz camp on 21 May 1944.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 06, 2026

6 May 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ilsa Kohnová, was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 05, 2026

5 May 1883 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Matje de Vries-Schellevis, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz in August 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber right after the selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 05, 2026

5 May 1908 | Alexiey Gavrilin was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941 No. R-437 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 30 October 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4tD4yyn 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/4aDGliV

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 04, 2026

4 May 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Dirnfeld, was born in Toulouse. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 July 1944 in a transport of 1,100 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 479 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 04, 2026

4 May 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Suzanna Cohen, was born in Amsterdam. In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber right after selection.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 04, 2026

4 May 1925 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Zdunek, was born in Ostrówek. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1942. No. 26779 She perished in the camp on 9 May 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 03, 2026

3 May 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Meriam Kok, was born in Amsterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 December 1942 in a transport of 811 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 795 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 02, 2026

3 May 1881 | Czech Jewish woman, Ida Kornfeldová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 02, 2026

2 May 1891 | A Polish man, Zygmunt Kołakowski, was born in Częstochowa. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 23 May 1941. No. 15881 He perished in the camp on 2 August 1941. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 02, 2026

2 May 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Andre Benguigui, was born in Oran in Algieria. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 June 1943 in a transport ot 1,018 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 418 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world · May 02, 2026

2 May 1941 | A Yugoslavian Jewish girl, Eva Friedman, was born in Kanjiža (today in Serbia). In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.