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27 December 1875 | A Czech Jew, Adolf Tosek, was born in Kladno.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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27 December 1927 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Meijer Koster, was born in Amsterdam.

In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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27 December 1879 | A French Jew, Sylvain Schnerb, was born in Colmar. During the war he lived in Paris.

In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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27 December 1902 | A German, Erich Julius Bass, was born in Königsberg (then Prussia, today Kaliningrad in Russia). A locksmith.

In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941
No. 20738
He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ONLINE LESSON | Poles at Auschwitz

Learn about the creation of Auschwitz, the reasons for the incarceration of Poles & the plans for the development of Auschwitz into the main camp in German-occupied Poland: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

All lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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28 December 1885 | A Dutch Jewish woman Philippine de Ploeg was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt on 20 January 1944 & from there on 9 October she was transported to #Auschwitz. Most likely she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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27 December 1919 | A French Jew, Edmund Blanc, was born in Paris.

In #Auschwitz from 20 December 1943
No. 169764
Out of 850 Jews from his transport, 505 were murdered in a gas chamber. Blanc perished in the camp on 7 Feb 1944.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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26 December 1911 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zděnka Roubičková, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. She did not survive.
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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26 December 1899 | A Polish Jew, Abram Finkelstein, was born in Radom. An accountant.

In #Auschwitz from 20 December 1941
No. 24955
He perished in the camp on 29 December 1941.
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🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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26 December 1914 | Polish man, Szczepan Antczak, was born in Strzegowo. A carpenter.

In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940
No. 3178
He was released in 1941.

He survived the war and passed away in 2010 at the age of 95.
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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26 December 1899 | A German Jehovah’s Witness, Marta Proppe, was born.

In #Auschwitz from 12 November 1942
No. 24418
She was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. She survived.
One of at least 387 Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Auschwitz.
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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26 December 1918 | A Dutch Jew, Salomon Wijnberg, was born in Amsterdam. A farmer.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in January 1944. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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26 December 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Hélène Pokoïk, was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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26 December 1912 | A Pole, Mieczysław Kozina, was born in Wierzchowiny. A teacher.

In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942.
No. 72196
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1943.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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📖 „Hope is the Last to Die” by Halina Birenbaum

Memoirs of Halina Birenbaum, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto, from where she was deported to Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Neustadt-Glewe camps.

#ebook: https://books.auschwitz.org/en_US/p/E-BOOK-Halina-Birenbaum-Hope-is-the-Last-to-Die/678
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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26 December 1913 | A Polish Jew, Herszlik Grynbaum, was born in Tuszyn. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22033
He perished in the camp on 21 November 1941.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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27 December 1924 | Dutch Jew, Simon van Praag, was born in Rotterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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24 December 1918 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Anna Marianna Grijsaart-Reens, was born in Amsterdam.

In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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25 December 1919 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Pachocka, was born in a village of Molendy. A shop assistant.

In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30461
She perished in the camp on 16 August 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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25 December 1900 | W Polish Jew, Hermann Schickler, was born In Krakow. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35737
He perished in the camp on 23 June 1942.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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25 December 1942 | A cruelly beaten Polish prisoner, Stefan Muczkowski (no. 75688), a curator of the National Museum in Cracow, was brought to the infirmary Block 20 at Auschwitz I. He perished there on the same day as a result of injuries.
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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25 December 1937 | A Duch Jewish girl, Liesbeth Prins, was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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25 December 1943 | The number of prisoners within the Auschwitz camp system was 86,920: 56,696 men and 30,324 women. 19,061 prisoners were in camp hospitals (11,039 men and 8,042 women).

Online lesson about the most important aspects of the history of Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_1/
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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25 December 1910 | Nikolay Makarchov was born. A Soviet army soldier.

In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-2933 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 27 October 1941.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Y3dmCI5_E
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December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Podcast | The Beginnings of Auschwitz

Listen to our podcast about the decision-making process that led to the creation of the camp and the story of its first prisoners: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/the-beginnings-of-auschwitz
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All podcasts: podcast.auschwitz.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM