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Henryk Tauber, Polish Jew, b. in Chrzanów on 8 July 1917

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oświęcim, Poland

Henryk Tauber, Polish Jew, b. in Chrzanów on 8 July 1917. Brought to Auschwitz from the Kraków ghetto on 19 January 1943, registered as prisoner no. 90124. At the start of February employed in the crematorium of Auschwitz I, and a month later transferred to Birkenau, where he was included in the Sonderkommando of crematorium II. Tauber managed to escape from the evacuation march in January 1945. In May 1945, he submitted an extensive testimony before the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, Kraków Division. Source: APMA-B

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  • Title: Henryk Tauber, Polish Jew, b. in Chrzanów on 8 July 1917
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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