26 October 1908 | Norwegian Jew, Jacob Scharff, was born in Oslo. A violinist. In #Auschwiz from 1 December 1942. No. 79213 He perished in the camp the same month. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydz…

27 October 1914 | A Czech Jew, Richard Lebenhart, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS: artsandculture.google.com/ex…

27 October 1923 | A Russian, Leonid Oshurko, was born. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 14 August 1942. No. 58561 He perished in the camp on 30 January 1943.

27 October 1902 | A Dutch Jewish man, Levie van de Kar, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz in 1942 and registered in the camp. He perished on 3 September 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

27 October 1913 | A Pole, Eugeniusz Kondas, was born in Bodziejowice. A blacksmith. In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941. No. 20844 He perished in the camp on 7 February 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020…

27 October 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Mariana Mautnerová, was born in Jihlava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_ko… Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

26 October 1929 | Dutch Jewish boy, Leo Stein, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1943. He did not survive. --- Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

26 October 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Emanuel de Bruin, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

26 October 1942 | Two transports of Jews arrived at #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen in German-occupied #Belgium: 995 & 476 people. After the arrival selection, SS doctors sent 460 men & 116 women to be registered in the camp. The remaining 895 people were murdered in gas chambers - Bunker I and Bunker II located near Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. --- A short video about those gas chambers: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

26 October 1882 | Czech Jew, Vilém Stern, was born in Třeboň. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. He did not survive. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

The book ‘Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human’ by the Auschwitz Museum Director Dr Piotr M. A. Cywiński is the first attempt on such a scale anywhere in the world to explore in such depth the human emotions experienced within the camp. Ten chapters from the book are now being released as a podcast series. Collecting the material and working on the publication took almost six years. Piotr Cywiński analyzed more than 250 memoirs by Survivors of the German Nazi Auschwitz camp, as well as an extensive body of previously unpublished archival testimonies. 10 out of 30 chapters are presented in the podcast series: Loneliness Death Inner Life Emotions and Numbness Friendship Births Laugh and Joy Fear Suicide Hope You can listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast or YouTube. Links to all episodes on different platforms are available here: auschwitz.org/en/museum/news… The Polish-language version of the podcast series was created as a direct result of the distinction received by the Auschwitz Museum at the end of 2024 in the Janusz Majka Podcast of the Year competition. The award from the production company PLAC360 was presented to the ‘On Auschwitz’ podcast. “The prize was the production of ten podcast episodes in a professional studio. We decided that this offered an opportunity to create a single coherent series. Because of its form, ‘Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human’ was excellent material for the audio adaptation,” said Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka, Head of E-learning at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. Each chapter of the book is, in a sense, an autonomous analysis of a single selected issue, often one particular emotion. At their core are quotes selected from the testimonies and memoirs of almost 450 Auschwitz Survivors, woven together through the author’s analysis. “The polyphonic nature of this narrative made it particularly well suited to an audio adaptation. We wanted each excerpt from a Survivor’s testimony to retain an individual character. We concluded that these voices could be provided by the caretakers of the Memorial, Museum employees and guides,” said Andrzej Kacorzyk, Director of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. “As many as 132 people took part in the entire project. This allowed us to strengthen the distinctive polyphonic effect that is such an important part of the publication’s impact,” emphasized Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka. In addition, with the support from English-speaking narrators and volunteers involved in producing the „On Auschwitz” podcast, the Museum independently produced an English-language version of the series. All episodes of the On Auschwitz podcast are also available through the Museum’s English-language podcast page, as well as on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and the Museum’s YouTube channel.

26 October 1888 | A Czech Jewish woman, Markéta Fingerová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_ko… Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8