9 January 1901 | Pole Stanisław Dubois was born in Warsaw. A socialist activist, MP in Polish Parliament. He fought in Silesian Uprisings & 1920 Polish-Soviet war.

In #Auschwitz from 22 September 1940
No. 3904
Active in camp resistance.
Shot in the camp on 20 August 1942.
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9 January 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Herzogová, was born in Miroslav.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Ther…
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9 January 1900 | Polish Jew Abraham Chaskel was born in Brzostek. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 15 May 1942.
No. 35670
He died in the camp on 9 June 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

9 January 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Herzogová, was born in Miroslav.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:

📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

9 January 1903 | A Jewish woman, Rachel Dimenstein, (nee Kutsovsky) was born in Pereiaslav (today in Ukraine). She emigrated to Belgium.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Mechelen on 31 July 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:

📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

8 January 1932 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Leopold Moses Borøchstein, was born in Kristiansund.

He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport together with his mother Masha and four siblings on 3 March 1943. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

8 January 1924 | Polish man, Mieczysław Płachecki, was born in Horodzieje. A student.

In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942.
No. 37562
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald.
He survived the war.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

8 January 1939 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Victor Popiołek, was born in Merlebach.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 6 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola.

As a prisoner of #Auschwitz at the end of July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.
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Listen to our podcast about Fr. Kolbe: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/the-sacrifice-and-death-of-father-maximilian-kolbe/

8 January 1936 | Slovak Jewish girl Eva Neumann was born in Levice.

In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8