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Feb 16 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Two pictures of the same man - as a pre-war actor and as a prisoner of #Auschwitz from 19 November 1942 (no. 76174).

Witold Zacharewicz, a Polish film actor of the 1930s, was murdered in Auschwitz exactly 80 years ago today, on 16 February 1943.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Za…
Witold Zacharewicz and his family were involved in the production of false documents for Jews hiding in Warsaw. The Gestapo managed to discover their activity. He was arrested on 1 October 1942 and deported to Auschwitz the next month.
The mother of Witold Zacharewicz was also deported to #Auschwitz. Wanda Zacharewicz was registered on 27 November 1942 (camp no. 26017). She perished in the camp on 4 January 1943.
Learn about the creation of Auschwitz, reasons of incarceration of Poles & the plans of development of Auschwitz into the main camp for prisoners in German-occupied Poland. Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…

Other lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org

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