Carol Harris

Writer, editor, researcher, speaker, historian. Feminism, fashion, football, health, social care. NUJ. Views my own. Obviously.

[Carol Harris @harbro]

RT @BBCNewsnight: “What is Nigel Farage’s strategy? Why is Elon Musk so interested in Britain?”

@lewisgoodall responds to @vicderbyshire -…

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.

(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

18 November 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, Frits Herman van Son, was born in The Hague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

With great sadness, we received the news about the passing of Auschwitz Survivor Denise Holstein.

Denise Holstein (6 February 1927 – 16 November 2024) dedicated her life to sharing her testimony and educating future generations about the atrocities she endured. She wrote two books about her experiences and participated in a documentary, recounting her story with unwavering courage.

Denise was born into a Jewish family in Rouen, France.

During the war, her father, Bernard, was briefly interned at the Drancy camp in 1942 but was released after three months. By 1943, however, the Holstein family’s fate took a darker turn. On January 15, Denise and her parents were arrested during a mass roundup of Jews in Rouen. While her parents were deported to Auschwitz later that year, Denise, sick with diphtheria and mumps, was initially spared and placed under the care of the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF), living in homes for Jewish children whose parents had been deported.

By 1944, at just 17 years old, Denise was acting as a caretaker for younger children in the UGIF home in Louveciennes. Despite her young age, she took on the role of mentor and protector for a group of children, trying to shield them from the horrors surrounding them. However, on July 22, 1944, the home was raided on the orders of German officer Alois Brunner, and Denise, along with the children, was taken to Drancy.

On July 31, 1944, Denise was deported to Auschwitz with 34 children from Louveciennes. Denise did her best to comfort the children, singing to them and offering whatever solace she could.

Upon arrival at Auschwitz, Denise narrowly escaped death. A French deportee advised her not to take the hand of a crying child, a decision that could have led to her immediate execution in the gas chambers. While this advice saved her life, the children she cared for were all sent directly to the gas chambers upon arrival.

In Auschwitz, Denise worked long hours transporting heavy stones and endured brutal roll calls. At one point, she fell seriously ill with scarlet fever and was sent to the camp infirmary, where she encountered Josef Mengele.

In late 1944, Denise was transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was liberated there on April 15, 1945, by British forces. Emaciated and suffering from typhus, she required immediate medical care but began the slow process of recovery and reintegration into life after the war.

[Carol Harris @harbro]

@CroftonParkLife @CroftonBooks @FourthReserve @JaneCanDoSE4 @Crofton_Labour @Croftonpark

[Carol Harris @harbro]

History Afternoon, from Friends of Crofton Park Library this Saturday afternoon 2-4pm. https://t.co/RRFiYMyg5X

[Carol Harris @harbro]

History Afternoon, from Friends of Crofton Park Library this Saturday afternoon 2-4pm. https://t.co/RRFiYMyg5X

[AJR Refugee Voices Archive @AJRefugeeVoices]

"A little girl having to leave her family & kiss her mother goodbye. The mother is in blue because it's a colour of hope. Every time you do a picture you have to hope."

New on the site: artist Ruth Schwiening, who came to Britain alone on a #Kindertransport at age 3 in 1939.
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[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

11 November 1918 | A French Jewish woman, Victoire Jeanne Marx, was born in Brunoy.

On 20 July 1942 she was deported from Angers to #Auschwitz in a transport of 827 Jews. She did not survive.

[Emma River-Roberts @ER_Roberts_]

1/2 This post on reddit is why I will never stop talking about the divisions that arise between the classes as a result of cultural differences.

At university - just like in everyday life, working class people are excluded from not looking or sounding 'right.'

[Jovan Owusu-Nepaul @JOwusuNepaul]

No, I don’t think Nigel Farage should be the go-between for Britain and America.

Me this morning on Good Morning Britain.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

10 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Madeleine van Coevorden, was born in Amsterdam.

In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

11 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Alida Content-Levie, was born in Meppel.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. Her younger brother Max (in the picture) was murdered in a gas chamber.

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

For Your Tomorrow, an artwork of 1475 silhouettes of servicemen and two nurses killed during the D-Day landings, has broken National Trust visitor records at Stowe.

[📚📖📚Forest Hill Library 📚📖📚 @LibrarySE23]

60mins of movement, breath work & relaxation. Ideal for anyone on their menopause journey.
Bring a mat, props, a smile & an open heart and navigate the journey of menopause together.

£10 drop in or book https://t.co/LPduzHgNd7
Thursdays: 6:15pm
The Community Room

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

9 November 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl Jenny Trui Spier, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in November 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

6 November 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Valeria Heiman, was born in Satoraljaujhely to Géza and Sári.

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

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

4 November 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Anne Marjorie de Vries, was born in Amsterdam.

In Sept 1944 she was deported to #Theresienstadt ghetto with her mother Berta & sister Marianne Anne. From there they were deported to #Auschwitz on 4 October. All were killed in a gas chamber.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

5 November 1899 | Czech Jewish woman Olga Albertová was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

5 November 1920 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Ociepka, was born. An office worker.

In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30646
She perished in the camp on 26 February 1943.

[Danny Baker @prodnose]

No matter what else happens during Labour's time - these are the Conservatives. Having a right laugh.
While ordering the nation not to visit dying relatives, sit down in a local park or have family visit.
Repugnant entitled gargoyles who want you now to forget this.