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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The history of deportations of Jews from Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz II-Birkenau & the family camp created in the camp by the SS is told in our online exhibition: artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-ge...

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From Ghetto in Theresienstadt to Auschwitz II-Birkenau - Google Arts & Culture

The history of the deportation of Jews from the ghetto in Theresienstadt to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

10-12 July 1944 | After selections made by SS authorities at the liquidated BIIb sector of #Auschwitz II-Birkenau (a family camp for Jews deported from #Theresienstadt ghetto) ca. 3,000 people were transferred to other camps & the remaining ca. 7,000 were killed in gas chambers.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

6 May 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Debora Bobbe, was born in The Hague. In October 1942 she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

21 March 1908 | A Frenchman, George Autret, was born in Paris. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45186 Evacuated to Mauthausen in 1945. Liberated in Gusen II camp on 5 May 1945.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform. The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

21 March 1943 | Three Roma babies were born in Auschwitz II-Birkenau: August Gross (Z-4901), Rigo Heilig (Z-4902) & Franziska Steinbach (Z-1823). They shared the tragic fate of 387 Roma children born in the camp. A lesson about Sinti & Roma in Auschwitz: bit.ly/4a4bsTg

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

19 March 1874 | Jewish woman, Thora Mendelsohn (nee Paltiel) was born in Malmö. She moved to Norway in 1894. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Black and white portrait of a mature woman, featuring a close-up view of her face with a gentle expression.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

19 March 1886 | A Czech Jewish woman, Klára Bergmannová, was born in České Budějovice. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

19 March 1910 | A Pole, Kazimierz Lewiński, was born in Brody. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. Camp no. 33145 He was shot on 25 May 1942.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

16 March 1895 | Jewish man, Bernhard Rosenberg, was born in Minsk. In 1918 he emigrated to Norway. A tailor. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

15 March 1938 | A Dutch Jew, Leo Samuel Drukker, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 March 1944 in a transport of 732 Jews from Westerbork. He was among the 477 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber together with his mother Mietje and father Joseph.

Black and white photo of a child sitting on a railing, laughing, wearing a collared shirt, tie, shorts, and high socks, with a blurred background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

15 March 1910 | A Pole, Karol Siwek, was born in Dubna. A painter, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, student of Prof. W. Jarocki. In #Auschwitz 25 April 1942. No. 33171 He was shot on 27 May 1942.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

14 March 1936 | A Jewish boy Pal Szenes was born in Subotica (Szabadka). In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Vintage black and white photograph of a smiling boy wearing a plaid shirt, suspenders, and a patterned bow tie.

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

On this day in 1911, a Slovakian Jewish man was born. On the 18 May 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto with his wife and on the 25 May 1942 to the Lublin Ghetto. Both perished in the Shoah, date and location unknown. His name was Ladislav Hegedus

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Vera Szasz (b August 13, 1940) - Budapest, Hungary 1/n Vera, the only child of Nanci (LeBlanc) and Miklos Szasz, was a three year-old child when the Germans invaded Hungary in March 1944. She lived in the large, cosmopolitan city of Budapest, where her father was a businessman.

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On this day in 1894, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 16 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto where she perished on the 3 Jan 1943. Her name was Irma Hofheimer

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On this day in 1910, a Czech Jewish man was born. On the 16 Jul 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and on the 26 Oct 1942 to Auschwitz where he perished. His name was Josef Fanta Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On this day in 1943, a 46 year old German Jewish woman was deported to Auschwitz with her husband. It is most probable that they were murdered in the gas chamber on arrival. Her name was Hertha Friedländer Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The Anschluss: Germany occupies Austria 1/n On the morning of 12 March 1938, the German army invaded Austria. No one stopped it. Hitler arrived later that day. He visited his place of birth and his parents’ grave.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

12 March 1912 | Polish Jewish woman Ala Gertner was born in Będzin. She was incarcerated in #Auschwitz in August 1943. She worked in „Union” munition factory from where together with other women she smuggle gunpowder to Sonderkommando resistance. She was hanged on 6 January 1945.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

11 March 1914 | A Romanian Jewish woman, Cornelia Sajovics, was born in Prundu Bârgăului. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz from the Kolozsvar ghetto. She did not survive.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

11 March 1892 | A Pole, Tadeusz Tański, was born. An engineer & designer of the 1st Polish serially-built car, the CWS T-1. In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941. No. 9455 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1941.

Vintage black and white photo of Tadeusz Tański, An engineer & designer of the 1st Polish serially-built car, the CWS T-1.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

1/n Richard Stern enlisted in the German Army as a teenager and was awarded the prestigious Iron Cross for his distinguished service during World War I. Later, Hitler would send the Hanseatic Cross to Stern for his war merit not realizing Stern was a Jew.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

9 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Maurice Bromet, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 September 1943 in a transport of 979 Jews deported from Westerbork. He was among the 388 people murdered in a gas chamber immediately after selection.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

9 March 1931 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judith Rosenberg, was born in Abaujszanto. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

9 March 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Emilie Weissová, was born in Česká Lípa. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the Theresienstadt ghetto on 12 October 1944. She did not survive.

Portrait of a woman with a pinned-up hairstyle and dark clothing, with a signature across the top in blue ink.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The #Righteous during World War Two Thread 1/ Don Gilberto Bosques, "The Mexican Schindler" Consul of Mexico in Marseille during the war

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

8 March 1902 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Simon, was born in Waibstadt. She was a bank clerk. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

9 March 1917 | A Czech, Bohumil Kymr, was born. A waiter. In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942. No. 33933 He perished in the camp on 12 August 1942.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thread Last letter from Jacob Hijman Marcus 1/n "Oma and Opa, I send you my best wishes on the birthday of your only son. Please congratulate him for me." These words are taken from the last letter of 10-year-old Jacob Hijman Marcus to his maternal grandparents,

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

7 March 1932 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ewa Marton, was born in Körmend. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Arrival at Auschwitz - A child’s diary

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

7 March 1917 | Czech Jewish woman, Frieda Kleinová, was born in Brno. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

6 March 1918 | A Czech Jewish woman, Eva Ebelová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the Theresienstadt ghetto on 9 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her 7-year-old son Jiří.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

2 March 1933 | A Romanian Jewish girl, Alis Diner, was born in Satu Mare. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

2 March 1943 | A transport of 1,736 Jewish men, women & children arrived at #Auschwitz from Berlin. SS doctors during the selection sent 292 men & 385 women to the camp. The remaining 1,059 people were murdered in gas chambers. One of them was a 7-year old Rut Mandel.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

28 February 1926 | German Jewish boy, Friedrich Jakob Kahn, was born in Bingen. He emigrated to the Netherlands. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. He did not survive.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"Now I do what I can to set down what is seared into my memory.” #OnThisDay in 1941, Joe Heydecker, a young German soldier, entered the #WarsawGhetto to secretly document the scenes he had witnessed. The photos he captured would remain unseen until 1981 buff.ly/3Ec4kJd

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

On this day in 1942, a 22 year old Polish Jewish man perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 90 days. His name was Zbigniew Fajner Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

On this day in 1921, a Dutch Jewish man was born. He was deported to the Monowitz concentration camp where he perished on the 1 Mar 1944. His parents also perished in the Shoah along with a brother (25). One brother survived. His name was Leo Sternfeld

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

For Hans and Guenther 🪨

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

1 March 1932 | German Jew, Hans Fred Aron, was born in Essen. In January 1942 he was deported to the ghetto in Riga and in November 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

8/n He was liberated by the American army at the beginning of May 1945. Following the war Fred returned to Vienna but found he was the only survivor of his family. youtu.be/bIFDKY5qExc

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An Object of Wonder

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8/n He was liberated by the American army at the beginning of May 1945. Following the war Fred returned to Vienna but found he was the only survivor of his family.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

7/n which were refurbished into uniforms for new recruits. The Nazis liquidated the Lodz ghetto at the end of 1944, and Fred was deported to Auschwitz that August. He survived four months in the death camp. From there he was evacuated in early 1945 on a death march to the Dachau.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

6/n While the working conditions were terrible, Fred was lucky to have a job as a tailor – a job that provided better rations and some protection. For long hours he worked in a ghetto factory altering uniforms of dead soldiers received by the ghetto,

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

5/n The Germans established factories in the ghetto, and the Jews were used as slave labor. That winter in the ghetto was bitterly cold. Fred’s father, suffering from starvation, froze to death. Fred’s mother died of starvation several months later.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

4/n a Jewish man, to close his business. In October of 1941, the Gestapo arrested Fred and his family. They were sent to the Lodz Ghetto in occupied Poland. The Lodz Ghetto, surrounded by a barbed wire fence, was crammed with more than 150,000 Jewish people.

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

3/n Fred was born deaf in Vienna in 1920, to Jewish parents who were also deaf. He graduated from the School for the Deaf in Vienna in 1936. At 16 years, he began an apprenticeship in a custom tailor shop. He trained there until 1938, when the Nazis forced the owner of the shop,

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

2/n Seven year-old Siegfried “Fred” Fedrid pictured with his mother, an aunt, and other cousins in Vienna, circa 1927. Fred was the only survivor of his family. The blanket is an item he had with him during the death march from Auschwitz to Dachau in January 1945.

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