30 August 1899 | A Frenchman, Antoine Carrier, was born in Le Pontet. A tailor.
In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942.
No. 45335
He perished in the camp on 26 September 1942.
#DYK The Auschwitz Memorial is also present on @Instagram.
We commemorate victims, show the authentic historical site & teach history of Auschwitz through photography.
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In the thousands of preserved registration photographs of Auschwitz prisoners, we can see faces of the men & women imprisoned in the camp.
🔊 Listen about the history of the photographs. Many of them taken by Wilhem Brasse. https://t.co/03m1bpXyNf
How can we defend ourselves against hatred, exclusion and persecution?
💬 "The shield is education"
says prof. Adam Szpaderski, the head of postgraduate studies "The Roots of the 20th Century Totalitarianism: #Auschwitz - Holocaust - Genocides"
More: https://t.co/nOY7t0IZt3
"Children at Auschwitz"
Some 232,000 #children up to the age of 18 (216,000 Jews, 11,000 Roma, at least 3,000 Poles, over 1,000 Belarusians & some Russians, Ukrainians & others) were deported to the camp. Listen about their fate. https://t.co/LNyTFY1ddN
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.
1 September 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Herta Blacková, was born in Záblatí.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 12 October 1944. She did not survive.
Again a reminder that we ALL should follow the Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum to realise that this was a) not a myth - b) these people were real and could have been your neighbours / friends - c) we ALL bear responsibility of what happens to our fellow human beings.
The director of @AuschwitzMuseum Dr. Piotr Cywiński invites to participate in two-semester postgraduate studies at SWPS University in Warsaw & the Memorial.
🔹 The Roots of the 20th Century Totalitarianism: Auschwitz - Holocaust - Genocides
All details: https://t.co/8plWvSibn4
1 September 1942 | A Spanish man, Joaquín Corteillo, perished in #Auschwitz.
He was a farmer born in Valencia in January 1910.
He became a prisoner of Auschwitz on 18 July 1942 (camp no. 18186).
He was 32.
1 September 1910 | A Pole, Zbigniew Kolessa, was born in Krakow. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 8 May 1941.
No. 15459
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen and liberated there.
1 September 1901 | A Polish Jew, Dawid Bryl, was born in Stanisławów. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25472
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
This year we are hoping to reach 1,5 million followers of @AuschwitzMuseum.
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28 August 1939 | A Yugoslavian Jewish boy, Andrija Schossberger, was born in Novi Sad.
In April 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
History of #Auschwitz is a warning of where human hatred may lead to. It is a call for moral responsibility. Today & in the future.
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