22 June 1894 | Czech Jewish woman, Frýda Fleschová, was born in Prague.
On 6 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto. She did not survive.
22 June 1942 | A Hungarian Jew, István Blankenberg, was born.
In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://t.co/PA4s3aXN1V
It didn’t begin with gas chambers.
It began with politicians dividing people into “us” and “them.” It began with intolerance, hate speech, and growing indifference.
When people stopped paying attention and turned a blind eye, it became a gradual path toward genocide.
A Jewish boy, Ivan Fink, born in Prague, was deported to Auschwitz with his mother, Marie Finková, in 1944.
Out of the 1,700 people taken with them, 1,517 were immediately murdered upon arrival. Ivan and his mother did not survive the "selection."
#NotLongAgoNotFarAway
22 June 1900 | A Polish Jew, Rubin Winter, was born in Raniżów.
In #Auschwitz from 22 October 1941.
No. 21887
He perished in the camp on 2 November 1941.
Freddie Traum didn't know this was the last moment he'd share with his dad. After the Nazis took over Austria in 1938, Freddie's parents sent him away to safety. Freddie never saw his parents again, but his father's lessons stayed with him for the rest of his life.
21 June 1924 | Czech Jew, Hanuš Strauss, was born in Prague.
On 6 September 1943 he was deported from #Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
22 June 1908 | A Czech Jewish woman, Růžena Novotná, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
22 June 1882 | Swedish Jewish woman, Jenny Schidorsky, was born in Karlstad. Her family emigrated to Norway.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
22 June 1935 | Belgian Jewish girl, Sara Raymonde Neuman, was born in Brussels.
On 31 July 1943 she was deported from Mechelen / Malines to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
22 June 1900 | Italian Jewish woman, Elena Spizzichino, was born in Velletri.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943 in a transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome. Together with her daughter Franca she was among 839 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
22 June 1940 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Eva Drach, was born in Gyor.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://t.co/UriR5fLdkB
21 June 1932 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ibolya Farkas, was born.
In June 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://t.co/XJbud0F4gI
20 June 1895 | A Polish Jew, Chil Englard, was born in Piotrków Trybunalski.
In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 23980
He perished in the camp on 15 February 1942.
19 June 1925 | Polish Jew, Seweryn Głuszecki, was born.
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942
No. 29803
He perished in the camp on 20 June 1942, a day after his 17th birthday.
21 June 1903 | German Jew, Erich Bundheim, was born in Emden. A merchant. He emigrated to the Netherlands.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from #Amersfoort and #Westerbork.
No. 48060
He perished in the camp on 22 August 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://t.co/jnVYhFZF8b
21 June 1899 | Czech Jewish composer Pavel Haas was born. Student of Leoš Janáček. Among his notable works are song cycles & string quartets. In 1941 he was imprisoned in #Theresienstadt Ghetto where he also composed.
Pavel Haas was murdered in #Auschwitz on 17 October 1944.
21 June 1933 | Czech Jewish girl Věra Picková was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://t.co/76Qn5Zseha
🎧 Podcast: https://t.co/XfLNMGnx4H
21 June 1929 | French Jewish girl, Estelle Sobol, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from #Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://t.co/KArryHBbea
21 June 1909 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helena Bienenfeldová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.