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Faces Of Auschwitz
Telling the stories of the victims of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz Concentration Camp. A project by in collaboration with
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Karen Pollock 12h
Read about our special evening in celebration of the life of Gena Turgel . An honour and privilege to be involved :-
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After being subjected to four months of constant fear, forced labor and living on the brink of starvation, Maria Schenker perished behind the concentration camp’s walls on August 19, 1942.
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MARIA SCHENKER was born in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 1913. Very little is known about her life before she was forced into captivity other than the facts that she was Jewish, made her living as an office clerk and, according to some records, was a pianist.
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CANDLES Museum 9h
We are saddened that the world has lost another Mengele Twin. Stephanie (Heilbrunn) Heller and her sister Annetta (Heilbrunn) Able were born in Yugoslavia and raised in Prague. Stephanie was sent to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Ravensbruck. Our heart goes out to the her family.
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The Wiener Library 17h
The Nazis aimed to indoctrinate the younger population through education by changing the core curriculum to emphasize sports, history & racial science. 1933, the Nazis made racial science compulsory in all German schools. :
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Auschwitz Exhibition Sep 12
Einsatzgruppen murdering Jewish civilians in Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942.
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Yad Vashem 15h
September 13 1941 Jews in the Tauragē ghetto were told they were to be moved to a location with better conditions... 3 days later they were loaded on to trucks and shot in to mass graves at a nearby forest. Learn about this Jewish community here
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On 1 March 1943 Rapportführer Gerhard Palitzsch took at least 82 boys aged 13 to 17 from Birkenau to the main camp (Poles, Jews, and Russians). They were placed in a room in Block 20 and, in the evening, were all killed with phenol injections by SS-Unterscharführer Scherpe.
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He died on 1 March 1943. His death certificate attributes the cause of death to a perinephric abscess, however, this information was, almost always, false. Iwan was actually murdered with a phenol injection into his heart.
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Faces Of Auschwitz Sep 12
IWAN REBAŁKA was born on February 6, 1925, to Nastasja and, his father, Maksym Rybałka. According to documents recovered from KL Auschwitz, Iwan belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church and was a milkman by trade when he was arrested in Bielowody.
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Auschwitz Exhibition Sep 12
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Musée Holocauste MTL Sep 12
Werner David Feist with his wife Ursula. During the David smuggled Anti-Hitler brochures from Prague to Germany . He then escaped to the UK where he joined the Armed Forces.
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AJC Central Europe Sep 12
All aboard 🚢! New temporary exhibition 🇵🇱🇮🇱has just opened at Warsaw’s . What the two cities - and two nations - have in common? Probably more than you would have expected!
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Auschwitz Exhibition Sep 7
Lodz, occupied Poland, deported women and children with their belongings, 1942. The "Gehsperre" was the deportation aktion that took place in the Lodz ghetto between 05-12/09/1942. Over 15,000 Jews, mostly children, elderly and the infirm were sent to their death in Chelmno.
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Auschwitz Exhibition Aug 30
During stay in New York City's a dozen original objects from are shown for the first time in North America. For information & tickets for the exhibition, now open ➡
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Auschwitz Memorial Aug 15
15 August 1928 | A Polish girl Czesława Kwoka was born. She was expelled by the Germans from Zamość Region during creating the "living space" in the east. Registered in on 13 December 1942 (no. 26947). She was killed with a phenol heart injection on 12 March 1943.
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The Wiener Library Aug 9
"At 98, Olympic gymnast and Holocaust survivor Agnes Keleti is feisty as ever." Read this fascinating article about the most decorated Jewish Olympian & Hungary's most accomplished living athlete here:
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The Wiener Library Aug 8
'East West Street: A Song of Good and Evil' - a staged reading inspired by award-winning bestseller. The performance focuses on the lives & ideas of 3 individuals: Hersch Lauterpacht, Raphael Lemkin, Hans Frank. 21 Oct 2019:
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Arolsen Archives Aug 7
1.9 million names. Who was able to find a new home? What ships took them away and where were the Nazi persecutees headed? With the support of , information on after 1945 can now be searched online.
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McKay Smith Aug 7
Holocaust survivor celebrates 104th birthday surrounded by 400 descendants, including her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. This is the picture of triumph over evil... Soak it in.
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