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  1. "The #CukermansGateFoundation was established on March 10, 2009, in order to preserve the #synagogue of #Bedzin.

    In 2024, the foundation gained ownership of the Bedzin #GhettoFightersHouse, where a local branch of the #JewishCombatOrganization (formed in 1941 on the advice of #MordechaiAnielewicz, who later fought and was most likely killed during the #WarsawGhettouprising), fought back against the #Nazis ahead of the #ghetto's liquidation in August 1943.

    The #Będzinuprising was led by 29-year-old #FrumkaPłotnicka, who had only weeks earlier fought in the #WarsawGhetto uprising.

    All of those who fought at the house were killed by the Nazis, and as soon as the uprising ended, the remaining #Jewish residents were taken to #Auschwitz."

    jpost.com/diaspora/article-897

  2. 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.

  3. 18 May 1897 | A Pole, Jan Blak, was born in Krakow. An accountant.

    In #Auschwitz from 3 August 1942.
    No. 55778
    He perished in the camp on 5 September 1942.

  4. 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 the arrival selection.

  5. 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.
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    📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_

  6. 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.
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    📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0

  7. 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.
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    The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: bit.ly/3MdIVUA

  8. 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.
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    ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

  9. 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.

  10. 17 May 1931 | A French Jewish boy, Achille Dzik, was born in Paris.

    He arrived at #Auschwitz on 16 August 1942 in a transport of 991 Jews deported from Drancy. Together with his parents Nuchem and Gela he was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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    ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

  11. 17 May 1917 | Polish man, Zdzisław Niewiadomski, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. A waver.

    In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941
    No. 24144
    He perished in the camp on 6 May 1942

    Look at him before the incarceration & in the registration image from Auschwitz.

  12. 17 May 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Arlette Sokolski, was born in Douai.

    She arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 September 1942 in a transport of 1,048 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 717 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

  13. 17 May 1935 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Arvid Claes, was born in Oslo.

    He was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942. He arrived at the camp on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

  14. 17 May 1901 | A Pole, Stefan Pelc, was born in Krzemienica.

    In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941.
    No. 11316
    He perished in the camp on 28 February 1942.
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    📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0

  15. 17 May 1914 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zděnka Weilová, was born in Březnice.

    She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.
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    Women at Auschwitz:
    📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi
    🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

  16. 17 May 1905 | A Polish Jewish woman, Zysla Pulwermacher, was born in Łódź. She lived in France.

    She was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 17 July 1942 with her husband Emmanuel. They did not survive.

  17. 17 May 1908 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Mandelbaum, was born in Nowy Sącz. A merchant.

    In #Auschwitz from 16 April 1942.
    No. 29718
    Date of death: 5 June 1942.
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    📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_

  18. 16 May 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ágnes Fuchs, was born.

    In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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    ▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

  19. 16 May 1937 | A Czech Roma boy, Rudolf Kovař, was born in Děkov.

    In #Zigeunerlager in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 11 March 1943.
    No. Z-1785
    He perished in the camp on 25 June 1943.

  20. Heute ist der #RomaResistanceDay, Gedenktag für den #Widerstand der #Roma #Sinti gegen die Vernichtung durch den #Nazi #Faschismus in #Auschwitz gegen ihre geplante Massenvergasung. Am 16. Mai 1944 beschloss die Lagerleitung von Auschwitz, die bis dahin noch etwa 2.900 Roma von #Birkenau zu ermorden - #Porajmos. Diese leisteten verzweifelten Widerstand, worauf die SS vom ersten Räumungsversuch Abstand nahm. Erst in der Nacht vom 2. zum 3. August 1944 überfiel und ermordete sie die restlichen Häftlinge.

  21. Heute ist der #RomaResistanceDay, Gedenktag für den #Widerstand der #Roma #Sinti gegen die Vernichtung durch den #Nazi #Faschismus in #Auschwitz gegen ihre geplante Massenvergasung. Am 16. Mai 1944 beschloss die Lagerleitung von Auschwitz, die bis dahin noch etwa 2.900 Roma von #Birkenau zu ermorden - #Porajmos. Diese leisteten verzweifelten Widerstand, worauf die SS vom ersten Räumungsversuch Abstand nahm. Erst in der Nacht vom 2. zum 3. August 1944 überfiel und ermordete sie die restlichen Häftlinge.

  22. Heute ist der #RomaResistanceDay, Gedenktag für den #Widerstand der #Roma #Sinti gegen die Vernichtung durch den #Nazi #Faschismus in #Auschwitz gegen ihre geplante Massenvergasung. Am 16. Mai 1944 beschloss die Lagerleitung von Auschwitz, die bis dahin noch etwa 2.900 Roma von #Birkenau zu ermorden - #Porajmos. Diese leisteten verzweifelten Widerstand, worauf die SS vom ersten Räumungsversuch Abstand nahm. Erst in der Nacht vom 2. zum 3. August 1944 überfiel und ermordete sie die restlichen Häftlinge.

  23. Heute ist der #RomaResistanceDay, Gedenktag für den #Widerstand der #Roma #Sinti gegen die Vernichtung durch den #Nazi #Faschismus in #Auschwitz gegen ihre geplante Massenvergasung. Am 16. Mai 1944 beschloss die Lagerleitung von Auschwitz, die bis dahin noch etwa 2.900 Roma von #Birkenau zu ermorden - #Porajmos. Diese leisteten verzweifelten Widerstand, worauf die SS vom ersten Räumungsversuch Abstand nahm. Erst in der Nacht vom 2. zum 3. August 1944 überfiel und ermordete sie die restlichen Häftlinge.

  24. Heute ist der #RomaResistanceDay, Gedenktag für den #Widerstand der #Roma #Sinti gegen die Vernichtung durch den #Nazi #Faschismus in #Auschwitz gegen ihre geplante Massenvergasung. Am 16. Mai 1944 beschloss die Lagerleitung von Auschwitz, die bis dahin noch etwa 2.900 Roma von #Birkenau zu ermorden - #Porajmos. Diese leisteten verzweifelten Widerstand, worauf die SS vom ersten Räumungsversuch Abstand nahm. Erst in der Nacht vom 2. zum 3. August 1944 überfiel und ermordete sie die restlichen Häftlinge.

  25. Switzerland to Open Secret “Angel of Death” Josef Mengele Files

    Μake us preferred on Google Switzerland’s Federal Intelligence Service has announced it will open long-sealed files related to…
    #Switzerland #CH #Europe #Europa #EU #auschwitz #Nachrichten #nazigermany #Nouvelles #schweiz #Suisse #switzerland
    europesays.com/2994699/

  26. 16 May 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Debora Bobbe, was born in The Hague.

    In October 1942 she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

  27. 16 May 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl, Hana Bradyová, was born in Nové Město na Moravě.

    She was deported from #Theresienstadt Ghetto to #Auschwitz on 23 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

  28. 16 May 1903 | A Polish man, Mieczysław Wełutowicz, was born in Zalesie. A clerk.

    In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1942.
    No. 72142
    He perished in the camp on 14 January 1943.
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    📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0

  29. 16 May 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Cecilia Prins, was born in Middelburg.

    In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

  30. 16 May 1912 | A Czech Jewish woman, Adéla Frajtová, was born in Prague.

    She was deported from #Theresienstadt Ghetto to #Auschwitz on 1 October 1944. She did not survive.
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    Women at Auschwitz:
    📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi
    🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

  31. 16 May 1887 | A Polish Jew, Nuchem Kreszow, was born in Brzeziny. A tailor.

    In #Auschwitz from 17 March 1942.
    No. 26887
    He perished in the camp on 26 March 1942.
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    📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_

  32. 15 May 1930 | A Polish Jew, Berek Ringer, was born in Oświęcim.

    In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from Będzin Ghetto. He was murdered in a gas chamber.

  33. 15 May 1930 | A Polish Jew, Berek Ringer, was born in Oświęcim.

    In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from Będzin Ghetto. He was murdered in a gas chamber.

  34. 15 May 1930 | A Polish Jew, Berek Ringer, was born in Oświęcim.

    In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from Będzin Ghetto. He was murdered in a gas chamber.