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23 May 1883 | A Polish woman, Zofia Bargiel, was born in Humaniska. In #Auschwitz from 19 August 1942. No. 17662 She perished in the camp on 3 October 1942.

22 May 1937 | An Italian Jewish girl, Giuditta Pavoncello was born in Rome. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Rome. On 23 October 1943 he was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

(Operation Market Garden. See pre-jump.nl.) Dropping of supplies, usually *not* in the right hands, in the Arnhem area. 😟 #WW2 #HISTORY

22 May 1910 | Polish woman Sylwia Nistenberger was born in Stanisławów. A clerk In #Auschwitz from 11 November 1942 No. 24168 She perished in the camp on 17 February 1943.

22 May 1915 | Piotr Jurchenko was born. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-6191 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.

Pleased to share & promote this event by @MaloneRFC remembering one of their most famous former players. The local authority on #BlairMayne Peter Forbes with a presentation on 29th June, please book to ensure attendance #PaddyMayne #SAS #WW2 #WhoDaresWins #SpecialAirService

22 maja 1937 | W Rzymie urodziła się włoska Żydówka Giuditta Pavoncello. Deportowany do #Auschwitz z Rzymu. 23 października 1943 r. został po selekcji zamordowany w komorze gazowej.

22 May 1945: Operation Unthinkable, a plan ordered by Prime Minister Winston #Churchill, is presented. It was a plan by the Western Allies to attack the #Soviets in Germany at the end of #WWII in order to get a “square deal for Poland.” #WW2 #history #ad amzn.to/2LPiulc

Online timeline for teachers and students that features the key events from the history of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz. #education #history view.genial.ly/642a64f5503047…

22 May 1944 | All SS men at #Auschwitz were ordered to sign the following statement: 1) I am aware and have been informed today that I will be punished by death if I misuse Jewish property of any kind. 2) I must maintain absolute secrecy about all measures carried out during the evacuation of the Jews, also among my comrades. 3) I will devote my entire person and power to the rapid and smooth implementation of these measures. Such statements were attached to the personal files of SS men. This was undoubtedly related to the numerous cases of corruption and theft of property of Jews deported from Hungary.

22 May 1900 | A Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Menzelová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 28 October 1944. She did not survive.

I was delighted to meet @Lambsdorff 🇩🇪 to discuss the important issues of bilateral relations, reparations, and the commemoration of victims of #WW2

22 May 1920 | A Pole, Czesław Czerwiński, was born in Warsaw. A glazier. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2529 In 1941 he was transferred to KL Flossenbürg and liberated there.

22 May 1939: Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano and Germany Foreign Minister Ribbentrop sign the German-Italian Friendship and Alliance Agreement, less than four months before the Germans invade Poland. #WW2 #WWII #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3Suq9qh

Grim news. It looks like the salvage vessel Chuan Hong, notoriously connected with the illegal destruction & salvage of a number of #WW2 #shipwrecks, has been spotted off Kuantan, Malaysia over the locations of the wrecks of the @RoyalNavy's HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse.

22 May 1886 | A Polish Jew, Juda Gutwein, was born in Nowy Sącz. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941 No. 24290 He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. (For the experts.) What's inside the dummy? 😊 #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944, Anzio area, Italy. Men from 7 Cheshire (5 Infantry Division's machine gun battalion) in a captured German communications trench. #WW2 #HISTORY

22 maja 1922 | W Piaskach Wielkich urodził się Polak Mieczysław Dziób. W #Auschwitz od 18 września 1942 r. Nr 64258. 16 października 1942 r. uciekł z obozu. Rok później został ujęty, przekazany do Auschwitz i 28 września 1943 r. rozstrzelany.

Today in 1941, off Crete in the Mediterranean, a German photographer captures these frames showing the Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Gloucester sinking, with heavy loss of life, after being struck by enemy dive bombers. #OnThisDay #WW2 @I_W_M HU 1997 / iwm.org.uk/collections/it…