29 December 1923 | An Italian Jew, Shlomo Venezia, was born in Thessaloniki.

In #Auschwitz from 11 April 1944.
No. 182727
Forced to work in the Sonderkommando
He survived & passed away in 2012.

Learn about the Sonderkommando, prisoners at Auschwitz, mainly Jews, who were forced by the SS to work in gas chambers and crematoria:

🔹 lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_10_sonder/
🔹 podcast: https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-13-The-fate-of-Sonderkommando-prisoners-e1bv3ou/a-a74in99
🔹 book: http://auschwitz.org/en/bookstoreproducts/product/swiadkowie-z-dna-piekla-historia-sonderkommando-w-kl-auschwitz,330.html#2

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