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54 years old making it all up as I go along!

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
23 May 1885 | A Czech Jewish woman, Irma Brumlová, was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a dark blouse with a light-colored collar. The person has a poised expression and short hair, looking slightly towards their right. The image includes a handwritten signature.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
5 July 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Eva Herkovitz, was born In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Old sepia-toned photograph of a young child standing outdoors,
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Hello Martha, lovely to meet you! Have fun and be patient training your new family!
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
So sorry for your loss
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
12 June 1913 | A Pole, Stefan Kiślewicz, was born in Żabie. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 24 May 1941. No. 16189 He was murdered by starvation on 31 October 1941.
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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Or should that be purrrfect?!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
2 June 1920 | A Polish Jewish woman, Salomea Kinrus, was born in Łódź. In 1944 she was deported from Litzmannstadt Ghetto to #Auschwitz and then transferred to Bergen-Belsen where she perished.
Vintage black and white photo of a smiling girl with hair combed behind her ears, wearing a dark top.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
31 May 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Marianne Nunes Vas, was born in Amsterdam. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
A vintage black and white photo of a young girl smiling, wearing a sweater with a bow on the collar, arms crossed in front of her.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
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Lev Parnas @levparnas.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
22 May 1931 | French Jewish boy, Henri Ventura, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 11 February 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
A black and white headshot of a young boy, showing him looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. He has short hair.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
20 May 1910 | A Czech, Josef Rechtacek, was born in Prague. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942. No. 35848 He perished in the camp on 21 June 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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
If you find it can you get me 2 please?
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
It’s not April 1st is it?!
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Excellent!!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
28 April 1898 | A Polish man, Aleksander Jaroszek, was born in Radom. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. No. 23954 He perished in the camp on 19 January 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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It’s like he has no inner monologue, he thinks it and it just has to come out.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
19 April 1874 | A Dutch Jew, David Wessel, was born in Rotterdam. In October 1942 he was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
Studio photograph. An older man dressed in a suit stands leaning with his elbow against a cabinet. In the background are patterns of flowers.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
19 April 1886 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Anna Izsak (née Szekely), was born. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
ortrait photo of a woman. Her hair is pinned up in buns on both sides of her head. She has a blouse with many embellishments, buttons and a voile fabric around her neck. She has a pendant around her neck.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I love this. I can imagine my beasties penning something not dissimilar!
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Morning from Kyiv! As my medical treatment is on and I am 'crawling' for feeling better, the war is here, damaging and killing. So I will do my best to write to you. Yesterday, drones attacked Dnipro. Three people were killed, including a child 💔 THIS is important to know and share. Thank you.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
16 April 1909 | A Polish man, Stefan Bratkowski, was born in Warsaw. In #Auschwitz from 22 September 1942. No. 64783 He escaped on 15 June 1944. He perished in the Warsaw Uprising.
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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I hope all is well.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
15 April 1895 | A Polish Jew, Icek Koplewicz, was born in Brzeźnica. In 1920 he emigrated to France. He lived in Paris. On 24 July 1942 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
Portrait ID photo of a man in short hair. He is wearing a jacket, a shirt and a tie.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
13 April 1891 | A Polish Jew, Jankiel Abramowicz, was born in Przedbórz. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. No. 23969 He perished in the camp on 26 January 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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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
7 April 1934 | A French Jewish boy, Maurice Dreksler, was born in #Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 817 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
A boy sitting in a wheelbarrow being pushed by a slightly older girl. In the background is an empty recliner, a forest, and a group of people walking between the trees.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
6 April 1910 | A Polish Jew, Gimpel Wadler, was born in Nowy Sącz. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 17 June 1942 No. 39607. He perished on 14 July 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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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
6 April 1888 | A Polish man, Piotr Kownacki, was born in Tomsk. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from 24 July 1941 No. 18469 He perished in the camp on 17 August 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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sorry for your loss
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
6 April 1892 | Russian Jewish woman Eugenie Wechsler (nee Peschkin) was born in Leningrad. She emigrated to Berlin and was arrested in occupied France. She was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
A portrait photo of a smiling woman with neatly styled long hair shaped in waves. She is wearing pearl beads and has some rectangular brooch at her blouse.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
5 April 1909 | A Polish Jew, Józef Micermacher, was born in Radom. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 30 January 1942 No. 26126 He perished on 16 March 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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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I things soon improve. I took a picture of my amelanchier so I can look at it all year round it is so lovely.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Absolutely!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
1 April 1914 | A Polish woman, Stefania Kraj, was born in Biesiadka. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No. 32265 She perished in the camp on 11 March 1943.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Spike!
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
His black eye and the terror in his face make this even more heartbreaking. We should never forget.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
31 March 1900 | A Polish Jew, Josef Landau, was born. In #Auschwitz from 5 May 1942. No. 34732 He perished in the camp on 12 May 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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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
30 March 1944 | A transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection, 380 men & 148 women were registered. 472 people were killed in a gas chamber. One of them was Eliane Caen, b. 28 November 1942 in Grenoble.
Black and white photo of an baby girl with curly hair, holding a small object, wearing a light outfit.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Just rewatching it because there is no reason not to! A perfect 25 minutes!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
29 March 1921 | A Jewish woman, Cecilia Eva Benedek, was born in Turda. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Picture of a young woman's face. Head facing the left side of the frame. She has long, wavy hair pinned back. Her ear is exposed. She is smiling - her smile exposes her upper teeth. She has expressive make-up.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
28 March 1930 | A Jewish girl, Olga Meszaros, was born in Paris. She lived in Cluj. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Photo of a young girl. Portrait from the waist up. She is smiling. Her hair is tied up in a ponytail. She is wearing a blouse that resembles a nurse's outfit. There is a bow tie under her neck.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Brilliant!!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
18 March 1898 | A German Jewish woman, Edith Müller, was born in Berlin. She lived in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 30 October 1943 in a transport of 1000 Jews from Drancy. She did not survive.
Vintage black and white portrait of a young woman wearing a high-collared lace blouse and large ribbon bows at the ears.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Fair play.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Vile human being.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I’m going to the phone box to call the speaking clock.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
8 March 1890 | A Pole, Józef Bałuk, was born in Krakow. A Polish railway worker. He was deported to #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 756 He perished in the camp on 18 February 1941.
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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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.
Vintage black and white photo of an woman sitting on a stone wall in a forested area, wearing a dark dress and resting their head on her hand.
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Sam @samtilney.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
My dad didn’t use to let us watch it but he worked nights so mum would let us watch it when he had gone to work!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
7 March 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Claudine Ruben, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 July 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 440 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
Vintage black and white photo of a baby lying on a fluffy blanket, looking slightly towards the camera with a curious expression.
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