30 June 1942 | 400 Slovak Jews transferred from Majdanek camp were registered in #Auschwitz. Among them was Rudolf Vrba (in the camp as Walter Rosenberg, no. 44070). He escaped on 7 April 1944 with Alfred Wetzler. Co-author of a report about extermination of Jews in the camp.

15 June 1885 | A German Jew, Max Reinhaus, was born in Stadtlohn. In 1938 he fled to The Netherlands. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection with his wife Clara.

30 June 1944 | A transport of some 1,000 Jews - men, women & children from Fossoli di Carpi camp in occupied #Italy arrived at the selection platform at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. SS doctors during the selection sent 180 men & 50 women to the camp. The remaining were murdered in a gas chamber. On the same day a transport of 2,044 Jews from #Athens & #Korfu Island arrived. SS doctors sent 446 men & 175 women to the camp. The remaining 1,423 people were murdered in a gas chamber.

15 June 1895 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Zyman, was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. In #Auschwitz from 12 February 1942. No. 21799 He perished in the camp on 20 February 1942.

30 June 1928 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Elizke Hantala Szabo, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

14 June 1886 | German Jewish woman, Jenny Strahl, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 19 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

28 June 1910 | Italian Jewish woman, Elda Colombo, was born in Turin. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944. She did not survive.

Auschwitz was the first concentration camp established by the Germans after the outbreak of WW2 in the occupied Poland. 14 June 1940 is considered the date of its creation, as on that day, the first Poles were deported there from Tarnów – 728 prisoners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKOZLEUo2QM

25 June 1928 | German Jewish girl, Ruth Marion Weile, was born in Magdeburg. She emigrated to the Netherlands. In September 1943 she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

13 June 1882 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Dorner, was born in Berlin. In June 1943 she was incarcerated in Theresienstadt Ghetto and in October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

18 June 1936 | German Jewish girl, Ursula Gerson, was born in Munich. She emigrated to the Netherlands in June 1939. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 September 1944 in a transport of 1,019 Jews deported from #Westerbork. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

17 June 1856 | Dutch Jewish woman, Rachel Kiek-van Amerongen, was born in Amsterdam. In August 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber immediately after arrival selection.

17 June 1896 | A Polish man, Jan Andrzejak, was born in Chodybki. A blacksmith. In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1941 No. 21485 He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942.

17 June 1943 | SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele officially began his duties as a camp doctor within the Auschwitz camp garrison (Lagerarzt). He was responsible for criminal pseudo-medical experiments on Roma and Sinti prisoners, as well as twins, mainly Jewish. Listen to our podcast about Josef Mengele: https://youtu.be/M1OKQb1EPyw