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7 September 1911 | Norwegian Jew, Elias Gorvitz, was born in Kristiania (now Oslo).

Elias trained as a roofer and worked alongside his brothers in his father's roofing workshop in Arups gate in Oslo.

In August 1942, Elias married Ida Rottmann. On 26 October 1942, Elias Gorvitz was arrested together with his father Adolf and four of his brothers. They were interned at Berg, a transit camp near Tønsberg in southeastern Norway, used by the German occupation authorities to detain Jews before deportation.

On 26 November 1942, Elias was deported from Oslo on board the ship D/S Donau, together with hundreds of other Norwegian Jews. The Donau sailed to Stettin, from where the deportees were transported by train to Auschwitz.

Elias Gorvitz arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942. He was registered with no. 79123.

After arrival, Elias was sent to Golleschau subcamp of Auschwitz, where prisoners were used for forced labour in a quarry and other brutal work details.

On 27 April 1943, Elias was transferred from Golleschau on a so-called "sick transport" to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. He was murdered there in the autumn of 1943.

Elias's wife Ida was pregnant at the time of her arrest. She, along with Elias's parents Adolf and Lina and six of his siblings, were also deported and murdered in Auschwitz. Only a few members of the Gorvitz family survived the Holocaust.

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In April 2022, a 12-year-old Russian girl named Masha Moskalyova was told in art class to draw a picture supporting russian troops in Ukraine.

Instead, she drew a Ukrainian mother protecting her child as russian missiles flew toward them.

On the Ukrainian flag she wrote, “Glory to Ukraine.” On the russian flag: “No to war. No to Putin.”

Her school reported her to the authorities.

Police began investigating her father, Alexei Moskalyov, a single father who had raised Masha largely on his own. They searched his social media and discovered posts criticizing russia’s invasion and documenting russian atrocities in Bucha.

In December 2022, around a dozen russian security officers raided their home. They ransacked it, seized their computers, phones, and savings.

Alexei later said that during interrogations, officers beat him and slammed his head against the wall and floor. They blasted the russian national anthem at full volume while questioning him.

Eventually, the regime charged him with repeatedly “discrediting” the russian military because of his anti-war social-media posts.

Masha was taken away from him and placed in a state “social rehabilitation” center.

Alexei was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.

He later described horrific conditions there: a tiny punishment cell roughly two meters long, freezing temperatures, rats crawling out of the sewer, and days when he was forced to stand for as long as 16 hours because the bunk was locked against the wall.

Meanwhile, his daughter wrote to him.

“Dad, don’t give up.”

“You are my hero.”

They were separated for more than a year and a half.

On October 15, 2024, Alexei finally walked out of prison.

Masha was waiting for him.

Five days later, they fled russia.

They first escaped to Armenia and applied for a German humanitarian visa. After waiting for more than a year, their case stalled when Germany suspended the relevant humanitarian admission program.

Then France stepped in.

In March 2026, Masha and Alexei received French humanitarian visas and flew to Paris.

And on July 17, 2026, France granted them political asylum.

Today, Masha is drawing again and hopes to pursue art. She also writes and has spoken out in support of russian political prisoners.

When asked whether, knowing everything that happened afterward, she would still have made that drawing, Masha said she would.

“One only lives once.”

One drawing.

A child saying no to war.

And for that, the russian state destroyed their home, separated a father from his daughter, imprisoned him, and drove them both into exile.

This is what dictatorship looks like.

Sources: Le Monde, Reuters, Euronews, Meduza, DW

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11 August 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl Ariette Wilk was born in The Hague.

In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.

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URGENT BREAKING: Democrat US Senator Alex Padilla was just thrown to the ground and arrested for trying to speak at a DHS Press Conference by Secretary Kristi Noem.

This is Trump’s America. This is so incredibly pathetic.

I am so sad for the state of this country.

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6 June 1927 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Milly Lena Ter Berg, was born in Assen.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork. She did not survive.

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7 June 1903 | A French Jewish woman, Alice Elisabeth Metzger, was born in Strasbourg.

She was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1943 from Drancy. She did not survive.

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6 czerwca 1936 | Urodziła się czeska Żydówka Eva Steindlerová.

Deportowana do #Auschwitz z getta w #Theresienstadt 16 października 1944 r. razem z matką Gertrudą. Prawdopodobnie obie zamordowano po selekcji w komorze gazowej.

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7 June 1933 | An Italian Jewish girl, Nedda Segrè, was born in Venice.

In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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Eindrückliche Strecke von u.a. meinen Kolleginnen @SalomeMller und @SJggi
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On this day in 1936, a Czech Jewish boy was born. On the 24 Oct 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 15 May 1944 to Auschwitz with his mother and sister (14). It is most probable that they were murdered on arrival. His name was Jiří Popper

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23 March 1936 | A Czech Jewish girl, Liana Goldmannová, was born in Brno.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 16 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

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On this day in 1934, a Czech Jewish boy was born. On the 28 Apr 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his mother. On the 18 Dec 1943 they were deported to Auschwitz and were most probably murdered in the gas chamber. His name was Harry Knöpfelmacher

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On this day in 1944, a 34 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 500 days. Before being incarcerated she was a farmer. Her name was Helena Stuczeń

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On this day in 1943, a 9 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at the Sobibor extermination camp with her mother where they were likely murdered in the gas chamber. Her father perished in Auschwitz on the 30 Sep 1942. Her name was Katharina Rachelina Wallega

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18 March 1905 | A German Jewish woman, Sarah Lassmann, was born in Hainsfarth.

She was deported to #Auschwitz in June 1943. She did not survive.

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On this day in 1930, a Czech Jewish girl was born. On the 12 May 1942 she was deported to the Theresienstadt among a 1002 Jews deported that day, 938 died. On the 28 Oct 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Anna Lindtová

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17 March 1914 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Goldsztejn, was born in Radomsko. A watchman.

In #Auschwitz from 16 October 1941.
No. 21577
He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941.

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On this day in 1934, a Czech Jewish boy was born. On the 26 Jan 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt and on the 9 Oct 1944 to Auschwitz where he perished. His name was Tomáš Löwith

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17 March 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Gerard Levy, was born in Paris.

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

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Hanni Lévy (16. März 1924 -22.
Oktober 2019) überlebte den Holo-caust, weil Sie geistesgegenwärtig, als Gefahr drohte,das Haus durch das Nebenhaus verließ. Mittellos auf der Straße fand sie in Berlin Menschen, die sie versteckten, Lebensmittel mit ihr teilten und sie beschützten.