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18 May 1909 | A Pole, Jan Michalak, was born in Modła Królewska. A teacher.

In Auschwitz from 23 May 1941.
No. 15926
He perished in the camp on 18 November 1941.

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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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18 May 1942 | A transport of 70 Polish men (including 14 Jews) arrived at Auschwitz from Montelupich prison in Krakow.

One of them was a Polish man Julian Stanoch, a geologist & professor of Jagiellonian University. He became no. 35743. He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.

We know that at least 30 prisoners from this transport were killed in Auschwitz and only five survived the war.

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17 May 1907 | A Czech Jew, Otto Teller, was born in Kamberk.

He was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto in #Theresienstadt on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

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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 / Malines. She was among 717 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection

auschwitzmuseum, 22 hours ago to random

17 May 1902 | A Czech, Ladislaus Streda, was born in Červený Kostelec. A shoemaker.

In Auschwitz from 10 May 1942.
No. 35880
He perished in the camp on 12 July 1942.

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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.

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17 May 1943 | Roma girl Gisela Ernst was born in the Roma family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She received no. Z-8868.

She perished in the camp on 4 June 1943 and shared the tragic fate of all 387 Roma babies born in Auschwitz.

The fate of Sinti and Roma in the camp:
Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0

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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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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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16 May 1944 | The main phase of the extermination of Hungarian Jews began at the German camp Auschwitz. Three trains arrived on that day: ca. 9,000 people were murdered in gas chambers. Until 9 July, 142 trains brought ca. 420,000 Hungarian Jews.

See our online lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

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16 May 1885 | Czech Jew, Julius Weiner, was born in Bříza.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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16 May 1912 | A Polish man, Stanisław Bebel, was born in Sosnowiec. A jeweler.

In Auschwitz from 5 April 1941.
No. 12293
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942.

auschwitzmuseum, 2 days ago to random

16 May 1944 | A transport of 2,503 Jewish men, women, and children arrived at Auschwitz from the ghetto in Theresienstadt.

All of them were placed in the family camp for Jews deported from this ghetto at BIIb sector at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

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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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16 May 1943 | A transport of some 4,500 Greek Jews deported from the ghetto in Thessaloniki arrived at Auschwitz.

After arrival selection 466 men & 211 women were registered in the camp. The remaining group – probably 3,823 people, were murdered in gas chambers.

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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.

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15 May 1925 | Polish Jewish girl, Rywka Goldberg, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 31 July 1942. She did not survive.

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15 May 1920 | A Polish woman, Zofia Flasza, was born in Czeladź. A dressmaker.

In #Auschwitz from 17 June 1942.
No. 7626
She perished in the camp on 25 July 1942.

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15 May 1944 | In the small hall of the SS-Küche building (the SS kitchen and canteen), a training session took place at 8:00 PM for women camp supervisors, women in auxiliary SS service, and nurses of the German Red Cross.

The title of the training was "Struggles on the Eastern Front within the General War Situation".

See our online lesson about women perpetrators of Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2021_nadzorczynie_en/

Listen to the podcast: https://youtu.be/K2Km6-teyHQ

auschwitzmuseum, 2 days ago to random

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.

auschwitzmuseum, 3 days ago to random

15 May 1889 | A Polish Jew, Salomon Honig, was born in the village of Kołaczyce near Jasło. He later moved to Tarnów.

In Auschwitz from 5 March 1942.
No. 26389
He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942.

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15 May 1942 | The renovation work in the crematorium at Auschwitz I has been completed.

The underground flue duct between the furnaces and the chimney has been repaired; walls and vaulting have been constructed above the room housing the engine next to the chimney; a fan connected to it has been installed to assist the draft of the furnaces.

Additionally, repairs have been carried out on one of the corpse-loading trolleys.