Notices by Auschwitz Memorial (auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world)

13 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Naomi Plattner, was born.

In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.

In 1942, on her 13th birthday, she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

25 May 1929 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Edit Spitzer, was born.

In July 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

24 May 1906 | A Frenchman, Gaston Rux, was born.

In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942.
No. 46083
He did not survive.

24 May 1936 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Isajah Mermelstein, was born.

In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

16 May 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ágnes Fuchs, was born.

In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

9 May 1924 | A Greek Jewish girl, Louisette Azouvy (or Azouvi), was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.

In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

10 May 1888 | Jewish woman, Sara Kermann, was born in London. In 1906 she emigrated to Norway.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

9 May 1932 | A German Jewish girl, Margrit Hedwig Steinweg, was born in Dortmund.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 11 February 1943 in a transport of 1,184 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 1,005 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

7 May 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leon Zwaap (bottom), was born in Hilversum.

In September 1944 he was deported to the #Theresienstadt ghetto and on 6 October to #Auschwitz. He was murdered after selection in a gas chamber together with his brother Edward.

29 April 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Lea Davids, was born in Groningen.

She was transferred from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1944. She was deported to #Auschwitz from there on 4 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

24 April 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Kurt Peter Wiesen, was born in Eisenach.

In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

24 April 1893 | A German Jew, Alfred Dresel, was born in Fraustadt (Wschowa). A businessman.

He tried to leave Europe on MS St. Louis. After the forced return to Europe he stayed in France. Deported, via Gurs & Drancy, to #Auschwitz. Murdered in a gas chamber on 28 August 1942.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

20 April 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Kolerstein, was born in Nancy.

In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. Their heroic battle lasted 27 days.

Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit.

More: https://t.co/OoVGtqwWPu

12 April 1936 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Sylvain Melzer, was born in Antwerp.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 January 1943 in a transport of 610 Jews deported from Mechelen. He was murdered in a gas chamber.

12 April 1899 | A German Jewish woman, Irma Meyer, was born in #Berlin.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 February 1943 in a transport of 952 Jews deported from Berlin. She did not survive.
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🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/46ryjrT

12 April 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Marcelle Brotkiewicz, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport of 1000 Jews deported from Drancy. After selection, she was murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

10 April 1928 | Czech Jewish girl, Hana Ritterová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

6 April 1919 | French Jewish woman, Andrée Levy, was born in Strasbourg.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 10 February 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8