Auschwitz Memorial

New "On Auschwitz" podcast: BLOCK 10 & STERILIZATION EXPERIMENTS Block 10 at the Auschwitz I camp became the so-called experimental block. SS doctors conducted medical experiments there, including those focused on sterilization. Listen to our podcast in which Teresa…

23 July 1931 | Romanian Jew, Meyer Kizelnik, was born in Strâmtura. In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz where his parents and 7 siblings were murdered.

23 July 1923 | A Czech Jewish woman, Eva Richtmannová, was born in Plzen. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

23 July 1910 | Maxim Novakov was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-3587 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 31 October 1941.

This month, the @AuschwitzMuseum partnered with @ABMFusa to deliver a three-day educational seminar for American teachers as part of the 2025 #AuschwitzLegacyFellowship. The program welcomed 43 high school educators from 13 U.S. states for an intensive, week-long study visit…

22 July 1934 | A Czech Jewish girl, Eva Haasová, was boron in Znojmo. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 19 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

📖 Voices of Memory vol. 2 - The Evacuation, Liquidation, and Liberation of Auschwitz Irena Strzelecka wrote in her historical outline: 'The SS physicians serving in the concentration camps, among them Auschwitz, played a special role. Violating the Hippocratic Oath, they…

22 July 1923 | A Polish woman, Halina Bańko, was born in Oświęcim (Auschwitz during German occupation). In #Auschwitz from 13 November 1943. No. 68919 She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.

22 July 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Jean Bercu, was born in Paris. In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

22 July 1942 | Germans in the General Government began the liquidation of the #Warsaw ghetto. During the so-called Grossaktion Warschau that lasted until 21 September, some 260,000 Jews were deported to #Treblinka extermination center.

22 July 1920 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Pomeranc, was born in Radom. A mechanic. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37565 He perished in the camp on 28 July 1942.

22 July 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sophie de Groot, was born in The Hague. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

22 July 1898 | Czech Jew, Arnošt Zentner, was born in Týniště nad Orlicí. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.

22 July 1920 | A Polish woman, Karolina Trzpis, was born in Pławo near Mielec. A nurse. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No. 32252 In 1944 she was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.

22 July 1919 | A Slovak Jew, Zikmund Fischer, was born in Guta. He lived in Liblín. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 May 1944. He did not survive.

22 July 1876 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Seidenbeutel, was born in Warsaw. A salesman. In #Auschwitz from 3 February 1942. No. 20005 He perished in the camp on 27 February 1942.

22 July 1940 | A German Sinti girl, Dilla Strauß, was born in Berlin. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 14 March 1943. No. Z-3404 She perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.

22 July 1928 | A German Jewish boy, Klaus Hugo Hirsch, was born in Breslau (today Wrocław in Poland). He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 1 October 1944. He did not survive.

21 July 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Albert Cogan, was born in Vichy. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and after the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.

21 July 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Salomon de Bruin, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber together with his mother Rosa and brothers Emanuel & Meijer.

Ruins of the building of the gas chamber and crematorium II at the site of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. -) remains of the chimney -) remains of the roof of the crematoria hall & -) SS photograph of the building from 1943 The crematorium, located on the ground level, was designed by…