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Jesper Mjelva Søgård🇪🇺🇩🇰🇺🇦
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Fhv. Skoleleder, far til 2, tidligere Hovedbestyrelsesmedlem, Regions og Storkredsformand i et af Danmarks ældste politiske partier, tror på demokrati som styreform.
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13 January 1939 | Dutch Jew Eric Polak was born in Amsterdam.

In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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📷 Fences of the oldest part of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp - section BIb. A disinfection building is visible on the left.

▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA

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January 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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11 January 1939 | Czech Jewish girl Věra Vohryzková was born (right).

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943 with her mother Štěpánka and brother Jiří. None of them survived.
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Når man ser, hvad USAs mentalt utilregnelige præsident kan finde på at sige og skrive på sit sociale medie, bliver jeg rigtig glad for at Danmark kan præstere en samlende, velformuleret nytårstale ved vores konge. Uanset hvad den 🍊 ubehagelighed finder på, kan vi stå samlet imod i Europa og EU..
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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26 December 1899 | A German Jehovah’s Witness, Marta Proppe, was born.

In #Auschwitz from 12 November 1942
No. 24418
She was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. She survived.
One of at least 387 Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Auschwitz.
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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22 December 1900 | A Polish Jew, Israel Marguiles, was born in Czudec. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 22 October 1941.
No. 21898
He perished in the camp on 1 November 1941.
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🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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18 December 1925 | A Czech Jew, Jiří Reinisch, was born in Prague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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17 December 1914 | A Czech Jew, Ernst Kraus, was born in Brno. A rail worker.

In #Auschwitz from 21 November 1941.
No. 23148
He perished in the camp on 6 December 1941.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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13 December 1896 | A Jewish woman, Marie Bertau, was born in Laliviere. She was a Belgian citizen

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 19 August 1942. She did not survive.
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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8 December 1941 | The first group of Jews was deported & murdered in mobile gas chambers in Kulmhof (Chełmno). The first German Nazi extermination camp began its operation. At least 152,000 people were murdered there.

Learn more about its history: https://chelmno-muzeum.eu/en/history-of-the-camp/
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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7 December 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helena Haeutnerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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1 December 1898 | Norwegian Jew David Becker was born in Drammen.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942. He perished in the camp on 17 February 1943.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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After her mother-in-law learned they weren’t having kids, she complained of helping them buy their house “under false pretenses.”

“At some level, I feel like we stole from them, even though it’s ridiculous.”

Carolyn Hax responds:
Column | Carolyn Hax: In-laws saw house-buying help as quid pro quo for grandkids
After her mother-in-law learned they weren’t having kids, she complained of helping them buy their house “under false pretenses.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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27 November 1904 | A Polish man, Jan Bomba, was born in Gajówka Koszcze (Końskie County). A forester.

During the German occupation, he was a soldier in the Union of Armed Struggle.

In Auschwitz from 30 July 1941.
No. 19142
He perished in the camp on 20 January 1942.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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27 November 1942 | A Polish woman Anna Smoleńska (b. 28 Feb 1920) was incarcerated in #Auschwitz.

A girl scout, student of history of arts, author of the 'Kotwica - Fighting Poland' emblem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica).

She received no. 26008 & perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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25 November 1922 | A Pole, Kazimierz Żakowski, was born in Jeżówka.

In Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 3057
He was shot in the camp on 11 November 1941.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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25 November 1938 | French Jewish boy, Henri Herszhorn, was born in Paris.

In 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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23 November 1881 | A Pole, Bolesław Gaczek, was born in Sucha. A Catholic priest, Augustinian (OSA).

In #Auschwitz from 4 November 1941.
No. 22401
He perished in the camp on 14 November 1941.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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23 November 1910 | A Polish Jew, Moszek Hepner, was born in Żelechów. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 16 January 1942.
No. 25747
He perished in the camp on 16 March 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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21 November 1910 | A Czech Jew, Alfred Hirsch, was born in Nový Hrozenkov.

In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942.
No. 39292
He perished in the camp on 18 July 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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18 November 1892 | A Slovak Jew, Adalbert Wollner, was born in Vrbovce.

In #Auschwitz from 13 April 1942.
No. 29152
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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16 November 1910 | A Ukrainian, Roman Polutranka, was born. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 20 July 1942.
No. 49737
He perished in the camp on 14 August 1942.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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16 November 1896 | German Jew, Franz Daus, was born in Hamburg. He left Germany to Norway in 1937.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished there on 13 December 1942.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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15 November 1940 | A German Sinti boy, Dieter Bamberger, was born in Frankenthal (Pfalz).

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
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November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM