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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
8 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Helene Akar, was born in Bar-le-Duc. In August 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Vintage black-and-white photo of a young gril smiling and standing in a garden, wearing a plaid dress and knee-high socks.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 September 1887 | A Jewish man Abraham Boruchowitch was born in Baldone (Latvia). He emigrated to Belgium. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 14 Sept 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Malines/Mechelen. He was registered in the camp where he perished on 11 October 1942.
A vintage portrait of a man in a suit with a patterned tie, appearing calm and looking directly at the camera.
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BKMom @jaxny88.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
❤️❤️ All missed forever I love my city
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He's right, it was a long time ago. I can't remember if I was working on campus here in Princeton signing students into classes or if I was heroically leading the recovery effort at Ground Zero, bravely digging through rubble with my bare hands. Time, am I right?
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
8 September 1915 | Italian Jewish woman, Milena Modigliani, was born in Livorno. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944 with her son Paolo. They were both murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Black-and-white photograph of a woman standing in a courtyard, holding a bundled baby. She is dressed in formal clothing, including a hat, and smiles confidently at the camera. Behind her, laundry hangs from clotheslines stretched between balconies, and another figure stands on one of the balconies, partially obscured by the shadows. The building's structure and plants add depth to the scene, reflecting an everyday moment in a residential area.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
31 August 1926 | A Polish Jew, Dawid Wiśnia, was born in Sochaczew. Deported to Auschwitz in December 1942 from the ghetto in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. No. 83526 In 1944 he escaped from a transport to Dachau. He joined the US Army & emigrated to the US. He became a cantor. He passed away in 2021.
Three people discussing at a panel, seated at a table with microphones, in front of a wall displaying many framed photographs. There is an audience in the foreground, listening attentively.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
26 August 1883 | Jewish man, Gustav Israël Abineri, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 4 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
A sepia-toned portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair, wearing a checkered shirt and a tweed jacket. His expression is serious, and he looks directly at the camera. The photograph has an official, formal appearance, suggesting it may have been used for identification purposes. The man’s face shows signs of age with deep wrinkles.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
16 August 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Pierre Paul Erdstein, was born in Paris. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Vintage portrait of a young boy with a prominent collar and a small tuft of hair on top of the head.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
15 August 1935 | Dutch Jewish girl, Marianne van Loggem, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was transferred from Westerbork to Theresienstadt ghetto. On 12 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz where she was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a young girl with a bob haircut, wearing a light-colored polka dot dress.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
13 August 1926 | Czech Jewish girl Lotte Steinerová was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
Vintage portrait of a smiling woman with a styled hairdo, featuring a prominent curled top. The person is wearing a light-colored dress with a detailed, scalloped collar
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
6 August 1937 | A Slovak Jewish boy, Dov Weiss, was born. In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Black and white photo of a boy in a sailor outfit, featuring a striped top and sailor cap. The child is smiling and looking slightly to the left of the frame.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
2/3 August 1944 | The Germans liquidated the so-called Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager - sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Some 4,300 children, women and men - the last Roma prisoners of the sector - were loaded onto trucks and driven to the gas chambers.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
30 July 1927 | A German Jewish girl, Chana Pilz, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Black and white portrait of a girl with a slight smile, wearing a patterned dress and her hair in braids.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
30 July 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Gabriella Markusz, was born. In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
A vintage black and white photo of a girl standing outdoors, wearing a polka-dot dress with a white apron and lace-up shoes.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Being in your 50s is one long convo about how to help your parents and how to help your kids become adults. Almost zero room for…you. Every dinner party, every hang… Anyway, buckle up
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
28 July 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Francine Finkielsztajn, was born in Paris. In July 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
This image features a close-up of a smiling young girl with short hair styled with a large bow on the top. The girl is wearing a dark coat.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸
Pentagon shares the names of two US servicemembers KIA Friday and Saturday in the Iranian attack on the
US base in Jordan.
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii;
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
RIP
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
20 July 1900 | A Czech, Josef Cermak, was born in Heraltice. A bank clerk. In #Auschwitz from 31 January 1942. No. 26226 He perished in the camp on 18 February 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Taylor paid for every drop of America’s explosive diarrhea with a million-dollar check to… Donald J. Trump, your favorite president
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva (45) has died in Georgia—the 22nd death in ICE custody this year. While ICE claims cardiac arrest, his grieving family reveals he was fatally deprived of his medication during a prison transfer. This negligence is a death sentence. We demand justice! 🎥 statuscoup
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
16 July 1900 | A Polish Jewish woman, Sara Rybowska, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France. In February 1943 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Vintage black and white portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress and a pearl necklace
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
FOUND SOME FRAUD: JD VANCE IS USING MARINE HELICOPTERS TO TAKE HIS SON TO A FUCKING GOLF LESSON.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
11 July 1909 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Julianna Glück-Goldfinger, was born in Budapest. She emigrated to The Netherlands. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
intage sepia-toned photograph of a woman smiling, resting her cheek on her hands
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
YESTERDAY - ST. CHARLES, CHICAGO While handcuffed and not resisting, ICE agents smashed a man’s face into a stone wall, then assaulted a U.S. citizen multiple times, once they realized they were being filmed by him and other people, who were also threatened by Trump’s thugs. #ICEOUT
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
9 July 1902 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Deborah Cok, (nee de Lafuente) was born in Amsterdam. In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Old portrait of a woman with short hair, wearing a dress with floral detail, looking slightly to their right.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
9 July 1905 | Italian Jewish woman, Emma Laura Finzi, daughter of Leone and Aurelia, was born in Milan. She was arrested in October 1943. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 6 December 1943. She did not survive.
Vintage monochrome portrait of a woman with curly hair, wearing a dark jacket with visible pinstripes. The individual's expression is calm, and they gaze directly into the camera.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
7 July 1992 | Polish woman Seweryna Szmaglewska passed away (b. 1916). In #Auschwitz from 6 October 1942 (no. 22090). She escaped during the evacuation. After the war - a writer, the author of one of the first memoirs about Auschwitz, „Smoke over Birkenau”.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
5 July 1934 | A French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Rajter, was born in Villerupt. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Vintage black and white photo of a young child
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...
nytimes.com
RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS (Published 1981)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/07/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
propublica.org
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🇺🇸 As we approach the 250th Anniversary of the USA, I'm posting this video so we NEVER forget what Trump's Patriots did on J6. Instead of honoring our Constitution's Peaceful Transfer of Power, seditious Donald unleashed a deadly MAGA MOB on our Capitol to overthrow our fair & just election results.
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BKMom @jaxny88.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social I was 6 in 1976 for the Bicentennial. We spent it with our family in my grandparents backyard in Brooklyn. Lots of wine & good food. That’s how I will find joy this time. With family, because our 200 year anniversary, in this moment in time, is sad.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026
i wonder what race neutral policy stance trump was expressing when he accused haitian immigrants of eating the pets of their neighbors
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026
the truly enraging thing is that sam alito will never face this question from a member of the public. we have allowed these people to create a wall between themselves and the people they rule over.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Whose Fear Counts? By Tony Pentimalli A one-year-old boy is dead after police fired into a car outside a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, and the country is once again being asked to begin with the fear of the officer rather than the life of the child.
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Kateration @kateration.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
ICE/Geo drove into a demonstrator today.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
21 June 1926 | Polish Jewish boy, Naftula (Naftali) Szyper, was born in Józefów. He emigrated to Belgium He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 August 1942. He did not survive.
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a teenage boy wearing a suit and tie. The person has a short hairstyle and is looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. The photograph shows signs of age with speckles and slight fading.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
18 June 1930 | Belgian Jewish girl Irma Andrie Jeannette Speelman was born in Wenduine. During the war she lived in The Hague. She was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
A child carefully waters potted plants on a sunny balcony, focusing intently on the task.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
17 June 1926 | Czech Jew, Valtr Zentner, was born. On 6 September 1943 he was deported from #Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: bit.ly/3MdIVUA
Close-up portrait of a young boy, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. His signature is below the image.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/06/2026
This will hurt students with disabilities and their families. Donald Trump and Linda McMahon are trying to gut public education — we need to keep standing up for every student in America.
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Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
16 June 1905 | A Polish Jew, Majer Icek Kerpel, was born. In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. No. 24209 He perished in the camp on 13 March 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ten years in, so many people still don't understand this man. He wanted his Big Special Birthday Boy announcement declaring peace and a reopened Strait—and so on and so forth—but he actually doesn't give a shit if it all comes together by Friday. He just wanted his special day.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Tessa Thompson: As a Black American, there is a kind of bone-tired exhaustion in fighting the battles that we have fought so many times before, and insisting time and time again, generation after generation, that people have the right to exist even if they speak out against the state.
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