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4 May 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Zsuzsika Schiffer, was born in Hatvan.

In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in Auschwitz.

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3 May 1892 | Norwegian Jew, Leopold Jaffe, was born in Oslo.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished in Auschwitz in September 1943.

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Niemals vergessen, niemals wegschauen! Hinschauen und unsere Demokratie verteidigen.✊🏾

Am 2. Mai 1933 stürmten die Nazis in ganz Deutschland die Gewerkschaftshäuser. Für viele Gewerkschaftsmitglieder war dies der Beginn jahrelanger Verfolgung und Unterdrückung.

#DGB #Gewerkschaft #2Mai1933 #Zerschlagung #NieWiederIstJetzt #NieWiederFaschismus #ZusammenGegenRechts

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1 May 1932 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agnes Neuman, was born in Szombathely.

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

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28 April 1892 | A Polish woman, Antonina Rak, was born in Skałka.

In Auschwitz from 22 June 1943.
No. 46418 (political prisoner)
She perished in the camp on 13 October 1943.

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28 April 1943 | A transport of 3,070 Jews deported from a ghetto in Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece arrived at Auschwitz.

361 women & 180 men were registered in the camp. SS doctors sent the remaining 2,529 people to be murdered in gas chambers.

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27 April 1937 | Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Fischerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. She was placed in the family camp BIIb at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She did not survive.

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26 April 1922 | Norwegian Jew, Voktor Rubinstein, was born in Oslo.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp.
He perished there on 23 December 1942.

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26 April 1938 | A Czech Jewish girl, Eva Weintraubová, was born.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 20 November 1942.
On 15 December 1943, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her elder brother Pavel. They both did not survive.

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24 April 1893 | A German Jew, Alfred Dresel, was born in Fraustadt (Wschowa). A businessman.

He tried to leave Europe on MS St. Louis. After the forced return to Europe, he stayed in France. Deported, via Gurs & Drancy, to Auschwitz. Murdered in a gas chamber on 28 August 1942.

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23 April 1929 | A Czech Jewish girl, Alžběta Karsová, was born in Žatec.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 22 February 1942.
She was deported to Auschwitz on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.

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22 April 1980 | Polish man, Jan Liwacz, passed away. A blacksmith.

In Auschwitz from 20 June 1940.
No. 1010
Liberated in Ebensee.
He supervised the creation of the 'Arbeit macht frei' sign, placed over the main camp gate.

Watch a short film about the history of the gate: https://youtu.be/p9aBOp28H5Q

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21 April 1900 | A Polish woman, Irena Popow, was born in Warsaw.

In Auschwitz from 13 October 1942.
No. 22543
She perished in the camp on 20 November 1942.

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21 April 1942 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Abraham Mozes Davidson, was born in Rotterdam.

In January 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz with his mother Kornelia (pictured), father Jacob and older sister Rieca. None of them survived.

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20 April 1921 | A Polish man, Czesław Toll, was born in Sosnowiec.

In Auschwitz from 29 January 1943.
No. 97165
He was transferred to KL Buchenwald and then to KL Ravensbrück where he was liberated.

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20 April 1927 | A Czech Jew, Gerhart Fürnberg, was born in Prague.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 17 December 1941.
Deported to Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.

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20 April 1921 | A German Jewish woman, Hermina Brin (Brünn), was born in Hamborn (today part of Duisburg). She emigrated to the Netherlands & then to Belgium.

In 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. She was registered in the camp. Date of death: 27 October 1942.

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19 April 1926 | A Dutch Jew, Joseph Olman, was born in Rotterdam.

In February 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz with his parents (in the picture): Eliazar Israel and Cornelia. They were murdered in a gas chamber.

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19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. It lasted 27 days.

Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit.

More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/warsaw-ghetto-uprising

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18 April 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Doris Kindlerová, was born in Prague.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 17 December 1942.
Deported to Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. Registered in the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau. She did not survive.

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17 April 1912 | A Czech Jew, František Vogel, was born in Prague.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 4 December 1941.
Deported to Auschwitz on 18 December 1943.
He did not survive.

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17 April 1937 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Itzchak Lettich, was born in Chernivtsi. He emigrated to France.

In September 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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17 April 1927 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Dollij Hertz, was born in Amsterdam.

In November 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz. Most probably she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

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16 April 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Micheline Caen, was born in Montmorency.

She arrived in Auschwitz on her 12th birthday in the 71st transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After selection, she was murdered in the gas chamber.