Eclectic Grump

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3 May 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Meriam Kok, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 December 1942 in a transport of 811 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 795 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

[Governor Phil Murphy @GovMurphy]

A truly dark day in America with the news reports that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

This year, I signed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act – codifying a woman's right to choose into state law. New Jersey will not go backwards on reproductive rights.

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28 April 1943 | A French Jewish girl, Michèle Levy, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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28 April 1937 | A Czech Jewish girl, Věra Schlesingerová, was born.

Deported to #Auschwitz on 19 October 1944 from #Theresienstadt Ghetto. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

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24 April 1885 | A Pole, Józef Woźniakowski, was born in Krakow. A lawyer.

In #Auschwitz od 25 July 1942.
No. 52338 (political prisoner)
He was shot in the camp on 11 October 1943.

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21 April 1941 | Prisoners of the "Buna" commando for the first time went to work on the site of the future IG Farben factory in Monowice. 150 prisoners began building a road from Dwory to Oświęcim.

Listen about IG Farben & Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp: https://t.co/dovFVel4mN

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21 April 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Edith Roseij Beek, was born in Oss.

She was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1943 and murdered in a gas chamber.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Happy Tax Day!

55 companies paid $0 in income taxes last year despite making $40 billion in profits.

Here's the full list:
https://t.co/eKiSJsec6I

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18 April 1895 | A Jewish woman, Maria Olga Weinberger, was born in Chust / Huszt. A pharmacist.

In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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18 April 1928 | A German Sinti girl, Klara Blum, was born in Köln.

In #Zigeunlerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 12 March 1943.
No. Z-2444
She perished in the camp on 27 December 1943.

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18 April 1944 | In the evening SS men with dogs escorted 299 Jewish women with two babies to a gas chamber from block 2 at BIIa sector of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. They had arrived on 16 April from KL Lublin. Their camp numbers were given to other female prisoners.
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14 April 1914 | W Polish Jewish woman, Gienia Judzki, was born in Sosnowiec.

She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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14 April 1927 | A German Jew, Max Meir Neuberger, was born in Cologne. He emigrated to Belgium.

In 1942 he was deported from Malines/Mechelen do #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

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13 April 1904 | A Polish woman, Helena Michalecka, was born in Chełmiec.

In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1942.
No. 13166
She perished in the camp on 29 November 1942.

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13 April 1917 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zuchowski, was born in Mniów. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941.
No. 21284
He perished in the camp on 2 November 1941.

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13 April 1943 | A transport of 2,800 Greek Jews deported by the Germans from ghetto in #Thessaloniki arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection made by SS doctors 500 men & 364 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 1,936 people were murdered in gas chambers.

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13 April 1891 | A German Jewish woman, Minna Lesser, was born in Gniezno (Gnesen)

On 15 September 1942 she was transferred from #Berlin to #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 18 December 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz.
She did not survive.

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13 April 1943 | The German radio broadcasted the news about the discovery in Katyn Forest of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war murdered by Soviet NKVD in 1940.

Today in Poland we observe the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the #Katyn Massacre. More: https://t.co/5xaU5Fnkxk

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13 April 1932 | A German Sinti girl, Frieda Scaffrensky, was born in Hanau.

In #Zigeunerlager in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 5 March 1943.
No. Z-3889
She perished in the camp 7 April 1943.

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12 April 1867 | Czech Jew Šalomon Ellinger was born in Pohořelice.

In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 24 October 1942. Two days later he was deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber.