On 23 January 1943, Jan Karcz approached the camp manager of Auschwitz I Hans Aumeier. He asked to be released to the camp after a six-month sentence at the Penal Company. On the same day, he was imprisoned in a bunker in Block 11 & two days later he was shot.
27 November 1941 | 70 Polish men deported from a prison in Lublin were registered in Auschwitz. No. 23569 was given to Colonel Jan Karcz. Before the war, he was the head of the Cavalry Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
He became one of the leaders of the camp resistance. In 1942, at the request of Capt. Witold Pilecki, Karcz took the lead of the Military Organization at Birkenau.
Learn about the resistance in the camp: https://t.co/C99VqQnuxi
About 85% of the federal budget is Medicare + Medicaid + Social Security + interest on the debt + Defense. So, when these guys say they want to cut $2 trillion, well, that's more than all discretionary spending, that is, money for hospitals, schools, universities, libraries, highways, veterans. Be careful what you wish for.
Of course, this didn’t happen.
The Mexican president actually said she has already curbed “caravans of migrants” from reaching the U.S. border. And she threatened to impose her own tariffs in retaliation to Trump’s.
27 November 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Lucienne Finkelstein, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.
New in PN: Trump's radical plan to purge the civil service
“As we see instances of policy implementation where Trump is able to do more extreme things bc he’s able to threaten federal employees, people will start to see why this matters to their lives." https://t.co/QVYDierE0a
This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/
(new piece)
https://t.co/1StM6oppfd
25 November 1911 | A Czech Jew, Bedřich Kaufmann, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.
You can visit the Auschwitz Memorial online. Live guided tours in English start daily at 11:45 (CET)
60 PLN / 14 EUR
The tour lasts about two hours. The guide uses multimedia & video testimonies of Survivors.
Book here: https://t.co/Ucz4qo427F
More: https://t.co/8HZ5r9EnyD
“What happened in Syria is what allowed the Russians to feel they could do the same in Ukraine. And what Gabbard is doing with Ukraine shows that it goes beyond her maybe misunderstanding one conflict. She is, hook, line and sinker, a Russian puppet.” https://t.co/75XYcxuE65
25 November 1922 | A Pole, Kazimierz Żakowski, was born in Jeżówka.
In Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 3057
He was shot in the camp on 11 November 1941.
A Black woman denied housing by an algorithm led a class-action lawsuit against SafeRent for alleged discrimination. The $2.2M settlement marks a key step toward AI accountability in housing decisions. Systems must be fair—not perpetuate systemic biases. https://t.co/eQFhlDRH3m
Consolidation in the pet care industry appears to be allowing the largest companies to raise prices and undermine workers. I’m pressing for answers, and I’m going to stay on this:
https://t.co/xZcEadSrvC