30 maja 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Emma van der Sluis, was born in Veghel.
In October 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz with her mother Belia and he sisters Henriëtte and Elizabeth (in the pic). They were all probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
A heartbreaking moment that was saved by an SS photographer at Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the deportations of Hungarian Jews. It was taken 80 years ago, most likely in late May 1944. A little child finds a dandelion in the grass and is handing it or showing it to an older boy.
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23 May 1944 | A transport of 1,200 French Jews arrived at #Auschwitz from Drancy. After the selection, 221 men & 247 women were registered in the camp.
The remaining 723 people were murdered in gas chambers. Among them was Harriet Nordmann. She was almost 3 years old.
14 May 1940 | A French Jewish boy, Henri Latowicz, was born in Paris.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 11 February 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 832 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
12 May 1944 | A group of 39 Roma and Sinti children (20 boys and 19 girls) deported from the St. Josefspflege orphanage in Mulfingen, near Stuttgart were registered at Birkenau. Dr. Robert Ritter and Eva Justin of the Institute for the Study of Racial Hygiene carried out various tests on them before deportation.
The main purpose of this research was to confirm that the supposed "Gypsy" traits were inborn. When the children became useless, they could be deported.
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11 May 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Alain Kartouzou, was born in Constantine in Algeria.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 30 March 1944 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 472 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.