Auschwitz Memorial

Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.

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1 September 1944 | Ceremonial handover of the SS hospital located to the east of the SS barracks near Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp took place.

The complex included several specialist barracks including a surgical ward, an internal ward, a dental ward, and an infectious diseases ward. In addition, it had a central heating system.

Our podcast about the SS staff at Auschwitz: https://t.co/P0PW8TqOap

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1 September 1916 | A Polish woman Antonina Rozwadowska, was born in Tarnów.

In #Auschwitz from 29 August 1942.
No. 18604
In 1944 she was transferred to KL Flossenbürg and was liberated there.

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1 September 1907 | Czech Jewish woman, Marta Nagelbergová, was born in Prague.

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

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1 September 1942 | A Spanish man, Joaquín Corteillo, perished in #Auschwitz.

He was a farmer born in Valencia in January 1910. A republican engaged in fighting against the nationalists.

He was deported from a prison in Bremen & registered in Auschwitz on 18 July 1942 (no. 18186).
He was 32.

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A new edition of "Memoria" - the online monthly magazine of the Auschwitz Memorial.

📖 Read online or download a PDF:
https://t.co/HpIu8eOEf7

Inside:

🔹 Sinti and Roma Genocide Remembrance Day.
🔹 FASPE: The Power of Choices
🔹 Commemoration of the 83rd Anniversary of the Treblinka II Prisoner Revolt
🔹 Bringing the Victims’ Names to Light: The Book of Names for Treblinka
🔹 Bridging Voices: Continuing Alex Dancyg’s Legacy of Polish-Jewish Dialogue
🔹 EHRI Is Expanding
🔹 IHRA Grant Program 2026
🔹 Investigating Artifacts: Uncovering Personal Stories from the Holocaust
🔹 Exhibition: Rotem Bidas. An Alternative Archive.
🔹 Bridging Stewardship and Commercialization: Jewish Heritage in Kazimierz

Read, subscribe & share.
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1 September 1905 | A Czech Jew, Arnošt Neuner, was born in Velký Osek.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.

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1 September 1939 | Germany invaded Poland, which began World War II. The German army also used the territory of Slovakia, whose forces also participated in the unannounced attack.

288 days later, the first Polish men became prisoners of a new concentration camp created in the occupied Polish territories annexed into the Third Reich: #Auschwitz.

Video about Auschwitz: https://t.co/viwNWMDI6W

History of the camp: https://t.co/CXoZ2ebidL

Learn about Nazi ideology, the beginning of the war & terror system in occupied Poland: https://t.co/1Y4QIvblBF

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Three years later, on 1 September 1942, a transport of 560 Jews from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands arrived at Auschwitz. None of them were registered in the camp—they were all murdered in a gas chamber.

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1 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Irmela Reinhardt, was born in Ravensburg.

In #Zigeunerlager in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4739
She perished in the camp on 27 April 1943.

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Shoes, suitcases, and glasses that belonged to people deported to Auschwitz. Today they remind us of the tragedy of their owners. We need to preserve them all.

Photos: https://t.co/nghkCnNKsv

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A visit to the Auschwitz Memorial is a profound personal experience that should inspire reflection on our individual moral responsibility for the world we live in.

If you took photographs or videos during your visit to the Memorial and would like to share them with others, you are welcome to send them to us in a Direct Message. Share your reflections after the visit in the comments.

LEARN | REFLECT | REMEMBER

🔹 Lessons: https://t.co/Qmui2ENLYo
🔹 Podcast: https://t.co/3pU9LwdER3
🔹 Videos: https://t.co/BqT5wvyTRc
🔹 Newsletter: https://t.co/AkFjqrHDf7

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1 September 1923 | Dutch Jewish woman, Roza Anholt-Delden, was born in Amsterdam.

In July 1942 she was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz with her daughter Christina. They were murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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⚠️ Warning: scam website impersonating the Auschwitz Memorial booking system.

We warn all visitors who plan a visit to the Memorial NOT TO USE the website e-auchwitz[.]org.

(note the error in spelling the name of the camp)

The page falsely presents itself as a Museum-related booking platform. Do not make any reservations there & do not provide any of your personal or financial data there.

We have reported this website to the relevant organizations & Google.

The only official website for booking entry cards to the Auschwitz Memorial is:

https://t.co/8nmsz2SDEv

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⚠️ Warning: scam website impersonating the Auschwitz Memorial booking system.

We warn all visitors who plan a visit to the Memorial NOT TO USE the website e-auschwitz[.]org.

The page falsely presents itself as a Museum-related booking platform. Do not make any reservations there & do not provide any of your personal or financial data there.

We have reported this website to the relevant organizations & @Google.

The only official website for booking entry cards to the Auschwitz Memorial is:

https://t.co/8nmsz2SDEv

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1 September 1909 | Czech Jew, Hanuš Braun, was born in Olomouc.

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

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1 September 1911 | A Pole, Franciszek Sztwiórok, was born in Lutynia. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 5 June 1942.
No. 37433
He perished in the camp on 24 July 1942.

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1 September 1939 | A Polish Jewish boy, Meilech Raich, was born in Trzebinia.

In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from ghetto in Chrzanów. He was murdered in a gas chamber.

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1 September 1890 | A Hungarian Jew, Sándor Stern, was born in Veszprém.

In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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31 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Lea Burstein, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 October 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy. She did not survive.

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31 August 1923 | A Dutch Jew, Elias Leeger, was born in Amsterdam.

In #Auschwitz from 8 August 1942
(no. unknown)
He perished in the camp on 14 September 1942.

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31 August 1926 | A Polish Jew, Dawid Wiśnia, was born in Sochaczew.

Deported to #Auschwitz in December 1942 from the ghetto in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
No. 83526

In 1944 he escaped from a transport to Dachau.
He joined the US Army & later emigrated to the US. He became a cantor.
He passed away in 2021.

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31 August 1942 | A transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at #Auschwitz. After the arrival selection, 676 of them were murdered in gas chambers.

One of them was 3 y/o Jacques Zajderman.

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Fate of children at Auschwitz:
- lesson: https://t.co/q0qSVrI097
- podcast: https://t.co/bJmi5SxuLc