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auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago to fediverse

We would be greatful if you could amplify our voice & let your followers know that the Auschwitz Memorial is present in #fediverse: @auschwitzmuseum

Every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of #Auschwitz.

Auschwitz is a place that shows where hatred, antisemitism and contempt for a fellow man led people decades ago.

It is also a place where we should reflect on our individual and collective responsibility for the world we live in.

auschwitzmuseum, 6 months ago to random

15 November 1938 | All Jewish children in Nazi Germany were expelled from public schools by the Reich Ministry of Education.

Nothing indicated at the time that three years later Jewish children will be executed by shooting in the east of occupied Europe and a few months later murdered in gas chambers in industrial extermination centers.

Read about the development of Nazism and persecution of the Jews in Germany 1918-1939: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/26_en_rozwoj_naz/

Jewish women and children in a forest. Auschwitz II-Birkenau. People waiting close to gas chamber IV to be murdered.

auschwitzmuseum, 3 months ago to random

4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to Theresienstadt. She survived.

Today she turns 99.

#Auschwitz #survivor #birthday

auschwitzmuseum, 8 months ago to poetry

4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno.

He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.

His poem "The Garden”.

A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.

A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.

#Auschwitz #poetry #Holocaust

auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago to random

8 October 1931 | A Romanian Jewish woman, Elisabeth Citrom, was born in Târgu Mureș.

In May 1944, Hungarian gendarmes rounded up the Jews and took them to a makeshift ghetto in a brick factory in Elisabeth's hometown. After few weeks Elisabeth was deported to Auschwitz.

Elisabeth survived Auschwitz, Hamburg-Altona, and Lenzing. She later learned that her mother and grandmother were murdered in gas chambers.

Today she turns 92. Join us in wishing her a happy birthday!

#Auschwitz #survivor

auschwitzmuseum, 10 months ago to history

16 July 1934 | Dutch Jewish boy, Rob Salomon Kets de Vries, was born in Rotterdam.

In August 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

auschwitzmuseum, 6 months ago to poland

12 November 1922 | A Pole, Tadeusz Borowski, was born. A poet, writer & journalist.

In Auschwitz from 29 June 1943.
No. 119198
Liberated in Dachau. A lot of his post-war literature described the horrors of the camp.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts #poetry

It is that very hope that makes people go without a murmur to the gas chambers, keeps them from risking a revolt, paralyses them into numb inactivity. It is hope that breaks down family ties, makes mothers renounce their children, or wives sell their bodies for bread, or husbands kill. It is hope that compels man to hold on to one more day of life, because that day may be the day of liberation. Ah, and not even the hope for a different, better world, but simply for life, a life of peace and rest. Never before in the history of mankind has hope been stronger than man, but never also has it done so much harm as it has in the war, in this concentration camp. We were never taught how to give up hope, and this is why today we perish in gas chambers.” Tadeusz Borowski’
Tadeusz Borowski, “Night Over Birkenau™ Again the night. Again the fearsome sky Gyres like a vulture, like a beast of prey It crouches on the camp, on the dead quict. Pale as a corpse, the moon sets far away. And like a shield cast to the ground in battle. Amid the stars Azure Orion lies. On through the dark the transports’ motors rattle. Then the gleam in the crematoria's eyes Scalding and stifling. Slumber like a stone. Breath is choked out. The throat is split and red. The heavy boot pressed down on the breast-bone Cracks like the silence of three million dead. Night, endless night, and no light overland. The eyes are gassed with slumber, numb the brow. Like God's own Judgment on the world of man The fog must now come down on Birkenau. Translated by A.Z. Foreman

auschwitzmuseum, 9 months ago to history

19 August 1942 | A transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy arrived at Auschwitz. After the selection 897 of them were immediately murdered in gas chambers.

One of them was Fanny Brauch from Paris.
She was 15 years old.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

auschwitzmuseum, 1 month ago to random

19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. It lasted 27 days.

Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit.

More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/warsaw-ghetto-uprising

auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago to history

3 October 1934 | A Polish Jewish girl, Nina Ehrlich, was born in Sosnowiec.

In 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz from Będzin ghetto. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #girl

auschwitzmuseum, 6 months ago to history

28 October 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Louise Pachter, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #girl #Netherlands #Amsterdam

auschwitzmuseum, 6 months ago to history

9 November 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl Jenny Trui Spier, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in November 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Amsterdam #girl #children #school

auschwitzmuseum, 5 months ago to random

The SS developed a system of murder at Auschwitz in which hope was employed as a crucial weapon. Jews deported to the camp were given false hope and promised new lives.

One of the most significant remnants of this are thousands of kitchenware items that were found at the site of the liberated camp. Today many of them are presented in our main exhibition.

Auschwitz I. Block 5.
(📷 http://instagram.com/odioextravergine)

#Auschwitz #Holocaust #Shoah

auschwitzmuseum, 4 months ago to Israel

19 January 1902 | A Jewish artist David Olère was born in Warsaw. In 1918 he emigrated to France.

In March 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz where he was forced to work in Sonderkommando. After the war he showed the horrifying world of gas chambers in drawings & paintings.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #Sonderkommando #France #Warsaw #Poland #art #artist

auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to history

16 October 1938 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Klára Boda, was born.

In July 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Hungary #child #girl #toys

auschwitzmuseum, 3 months ago to Israel

16 February 1926 | A German Jewish girl Margot Frank, Anna's older sister, was born in Frankfurt. She and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam. After being arrested they were deported with their parents to Auschwitz. The sisters perished in Bergen-Belsen.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #Germany #Frankfurt #Amsterdam #Netherlands #hiding #girl

auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago to poetry

How is it possible that poems were written in the Auschwitz camp? Who wrote them? How did they survive? – these and other questions are answered by our new English-Polish-Swedish publication:

“The Notebook with the Poems from Auschwitz”

The 32-page notebook contains 17 camp poems written in various hand writings.

Learn more about this publication: https://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/notebook-of-poems-from-auschwitz-the-museums-polish-english-swedish-publication-presented-in-sweden-,1646.html

See the book on our online bookstore: https://auschwitz.org/en/bookstoreproducts/product/zeszyt-z-wierszami-z-auschwitz,348.html#2

#Auschwitz #poetry #book

auschwitzmuseum, 3 months ago to Israel

26 January 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Polak, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at Auschwitz in a transport of 1010 Jews deported from Westerbork on 28 July 1942. She was murdered in the gas chamber after selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #Amsterdam #Netherlands #children

auschwitzmuseum, 8 months ago to history

26 August 1943 | A transport of 1,001 Jews arrived at Auschwitz from Westerbork in the German-occupied Netherlands.

After the selection made by SS doctors 188 men & 44 women were registered in the camp. The women were then transferred to the experimental sterilization station of Dr. Carl Claubeg at Auschwitz I.

The remaining 721 people were murdered in gas chambers.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #memory #otd #facts

auschwitzmuseum, 8 months ago to ukteachers

Volunteer Academy 2023 - online project of the Auschwitz Memorial - call for participants

🗓️ 13 Oct - 23 Nov

We invite everyone interested in the history of Auschwitz & volunteering at our Archives. All meetings will be conducted online & in English.

Registration & details: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/volunteer-academy-2023-invitation-to-participate-in-the-project-,1639.html

#Auschwitz #education #volunteering #memory #CfP

auschwitzmuseum, 3 months ago to Israel

17 February 1944 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Juliska Revesz, was born in Pecs.

In July 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #Hungary #baby #children

auschwitzmuseum, 4 months ago to random

24 December 1905 | A Dutch Jew, Henri Emile Mossel, was born in Amsterdam.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.

At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.

auschwitzmuseum, 1 month ago to random

April 8 is the International Roma Day. Remember & learn about the fate of some 23,000 Sinti & Roma who were deported to the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz.

Some 21,000 were murdered there.

Lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/

Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-7-the-fate-of-Roma-and-Sinti-in-Auschwitz-e15lgul

#InternationalRomaDay

The Roma monument at Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. A rectangular made of bricks with two plaques on both sides. In the middle a black column. Forest and fences of the camp in the background.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A Roma woman wearing a camp uniform and 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.

auschwitzmuseum, 1 month ago to random

16 April 1917 | Charlotte Salomon was born. The German Jewish artist from Berlin was murdered in Auschwitz on 10 October 1943. She was 5 months pregnant.

She created an autobiographical series "Life? or Theater?: A Song-play" made of 769 paintings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Salomon

auschwitzmuseum, 4 months ago to random

In Auschwitz life of people with disabilities had no value.

However their prosthetics were robbed and became source of income for the camp. Some were discovered after the liberation.

Today they became a warning.

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