More than one million people were murdered at Auschwitz camp built by Nazi Germany when it occupied Poland in World War II - most of them Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, Soviet soldiers, and others.

Around 850 people work at the Museum to preserve their memory.

"it's a special job, and a special place. It's impossible to leave all the history behind and not take it home with you"

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250119-our-mission-auschwitz-museum-staff-recount-their-everyday-jobs

20 January 1914 | An Italian Jew, Armando Pache, was born in Rome. He lived in Venice and was a merchant.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in March 1943. He did not survive.

20 January 1905 | A Czech Jewish woman, Herta Melzerová, was born in Pilsen.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.

21 January 1903 | A Polish Jew, Mieczysław Cenach, was born in Puławy. Tanner.

In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22724
He perished in the camp on 5 March 1942.

21 January 1899 | A German Jewish woman, Olga Fürst, was born in Saarburg. During the war she lived in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 June 1943 in a transport of 1,018 Jews deported from Drancy. She was most probably murdered in the gas chamber.

21 January 1924 | French Jew, Henri Bockfeld, was born in Paris.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 20 January 1944. He did not survive.

21 January 1924 | An Ukrainian, Grigory Makarenko, was born. A lathe-operator trainee.

In #Auschwitz from 10 August 1942.
No. 57791
He perished in the camp on 3 October 1942.

21 January 1919 | A Polish Jewish woman, Jadwiga Lichtensztajn, was born in Sosnowiec.

She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.