Jan Dziopek - 5636

Jan Dziopek, born on 27th October 1889 in Borek Stary, trained and worked as a carpenter throughout his life until very early in World War Two when, on 8th October 1940, arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Throughout his time at the concentration camp, he worked on the Staerkebuch, of the Daily Count Book, which allowed both the Nazis and the inmates to maintain a record of the prisoners within each barrack at the Auschwitz concentration camp. These records include the total number of prisoners, and included the details of each fugitive or prisoner who and died, been transferred or released. Through doing this, Jan Dziopek was able to survive five years in Auschwitz by doing this job, and as part of the evacuation of Auschwitz-Birkenau before the liberation, was evacuated to Mauthausen in 1945. There are no records to indicate that Jan Dziopek arrived at Mauthausen or was killed whilst there, however it is likely that by the time he arrived at the concentration camp, it had already been liberated and he was free from Nazi control.