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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 24m

Thank you. Was their father also murdered or did he somehow survive?

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

📷 A historic freight car standing on the ramp at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site, where deported Jews were subjected to selections by German doctors starting in May 1944.

The SS photographed the selection process on the ramp in 1944.

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Photos by: instagram.com/meel_aniee1211

A vintage wooden railway car on tracks at dusk, with a clear sky in the background. The former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.

Historical photograph of a large group of individuals during the selection process at Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp, with several guards visible in the foreground.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 27m

Remembering 37 years old Stefania Osler. She lived at Auschwitz for 7 months and about 11-12 days before she was murdered. May she rest in peace. How can anyone know about what happened there and not be anguished, angry, and horrified by it. Fascists live in cold hate. Stop fascists!

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1905 | A Polish woman, Stefania Osler, was born in Sarajevo. A teacher.

In #Auschwitz from 28 May 1942.
No. 7484
She perished in the camp on 9 January 1943.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 34m

Remembering the 491 human beings murdered in the gas chambers shortly after arriving at Auschwitz and those 1,379 who faced the horrors of the death camp. May they rest in peace. Stop fascists.

Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 38m

Remembering 9 years old Sara Ina van Dijk and her 35 years old mother, Simone Selma, murdered with Sara. Also remembering Sara’s father. Andries Levie, who was 38 when he was killed. May they rest in peace together. Another family erased. Never again. Act today.

Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 43m

Heartbreaking. Thank you for the information.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara Ina van Dijk, was born in Dordrecht.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A very young girl in a dress standing in a garden. She is holding a large teddy bear in her hands.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

A mass in front of Block 11 of the former Auschwitz I camp held on 2 November, the day of Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed.

Priests from local parishes gathered at the Memorial to offer prayers for all the victims of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

An outdoor religious ceremony at the former Auschwitz concentration camp, featuring multiple clergy members dressed in purple robes officiating at a table, with attendees seated in front facing the clergy.

A group of people gathered for a mass at the Auschwitz Memorial, viewd from the distance through barbed wire fences.

A group of people attending an outdoor mass at the Auschwitz Memorial, with clergy members in purple robes at the front.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 46m

Remembering 50 years old Erwin Eliaschak. He was murdered 22 days after arriving at Auschwitz. May he rest in peace. Never forget. Never again. Never is today. Act.

Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 49m

Thank you. So glad his family survived.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1891 | A Czech Jew, Erwin Elischak, was born in Most.

In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33283
He perished in the camp on 21 May 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 51m

Remembering Czeslaw Gil, who entered Auschwitz at age 19 and was murdered at age 22. Amazing that he lived 3 years in the death camp. May he rest in peace. Never again can we allow fascists to do this to anyone else.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1920 | A Pole, Czesław Gil, was born in Jarosław.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 32
He perished in the camp on 10 May 1943.
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Video about the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/kKOZLEUo2QM

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 55m

Remembering nearly 6 years old Jan Carl Albert Ruschkewitz. His picture shows a very happy baby boy. Heartbreaking. May those who erased families be in the deepest, most terrible pits of hell. May those who do this now and in the future suffer for their terrible crimes.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jan Carl Albert Ruschkewitz, was born in The Hague.

In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Vintage photo of a little boy in a bonnet, sitting in a classic car under dappled sunlight.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 1h

Remembering 40 years old Herz Klafyer. He was murdered 18 days after he arrived at the death camp. May he rest in peace. Never again.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1901 | A Polish Jew, Herz Klafter, was born in Kamienica. A shoemaker.

In #Auschwitz from 5 March 1942.
No. 26397
He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 1h

Remembering 49 years old Anna Altmannova and her husband and son who were also murdered. May she rest in peace with her family. We cannot let other families experience genocide. Act today.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

2 November 1894 | A Czech Jewish woman, Anna Altmannová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

Portrait of a woman, looking directly at the camera, with a neutral expression. The image has a vintage sepia tone.

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Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 1h

Remembering Rabbi Joachim Astel, who was murdered at age 40. May he rest in peace with his family. Never forget. Never again. Never is NOW!! What are you doing to stop fascists?

Irises N Wrens @caverteresa.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you for this additional information.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

1 November 1901 | A Polish Jew, Joachim Astel, was born in Przemyśl. The last rabbi in Czech Kroměříž.

In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39253
He perished in the camp on 24 June 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

1 November at the Auschwitz Memorial.

Candles by the Wall of Death in the yard of Block 11 of the former German Nazi Auschwitz I camp. SS men carried out thousands of shooting executions there.

Watch a short video about Block 11 and the execution yard: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

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