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Ahead of #HolocaustMemorialDay, every day I’ll tweet a photo of a person that was murdered by the Nazis.
The 6 Million victims of the Holocaust all had faces and names but we can’t grasp that number.
6,000,000.
More than the entire population of Denmark, for example
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Ahead of #HolocaustMemorialDay, every day I’ll tweet a photo of a person that was murdered by the Nazis.
The 6 Million victims of the Holocaust all had faces and names but we can’t grasp that number.
6,000,000.
More than the entire population of Denmark, for example
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What we can grasp, however, is one face, and one name.
May the memory of the Six Million Jews - men, women and children - who were murdered by the Nazis for being Jewish, forever be a blessing.
#UnitedinMemory75
#NeverAgain
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May the memory of the Six Million Jews - men, women and children - who were murdered by the Nazis for being Jewish, forever be a blessing.
#UnitedinMemory75
#NeverAgain
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Anyuta Lifshitz, born at Kiev in 1928, is one of 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis during The Holocaust.
She was one of the 33,771 Jews murdered at Babi Yar, all of them between 29-30 of September 1941.
She was 13.
Source: yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?lan…
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She was one of the 33,771 Jews murdered at Babi Yar, all of them between 29-30 of September 1941.
She was 13.
Source: yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?lan…
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Florika Leibman, born in Szeged Hungary in 1934.
When she was 10, she was deported by the Nazis to a labor camp together with her mother Szerena. Both died shortly after at the camp.
Source: yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.ht…
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When she was 10, she was deported by the Nazis to a labor camp together with her mother Szerena. Both died shortly after at the camp.
Source: yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.ht…
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Ursula Diamant Löwenstein was born in Poznan, Poland in 1917 and moved to Amsterdam before the war.
In October 1942 she was deported to one of the death camps in Poland. More than 75% of Dutch Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. #UnitedinMemory75 >>
In October 1942 she was deported to one of the death camps in Poland. More than 75% of Dutch Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. #UnitedinMemory75 >>
Edith Frank Vitenberg was born in Neuruppin, Germany in 1914. She was a teacher and married to Max.
Before the war Edith and Max lived in Berlin. In 1944, when Edith was 30, she was murdered in #Auschwitz.
#UnitedinMemory75 >>
Before the war Edith and Max lived in Berlin. In 1944, when Edith was 30, she was murdered in #Auschwitz.
#UnitedinMemory75 >>
Not much is known about the fate of Laura and Viliam Schwartz from Cluj County in Romania.
Laura was a pharmacist. On May 1944, Laura was taken to the Kolozsvár Ghetto. In a month, the ghetto was terminated and the 18,000 Jews, perhaps Laura too, were transported to #Auschwitz >>
Laura was a pharmacist. On May 1944, Laura was taken to the Kolozsvár Ghetto. In a month, the ghetto was terminated and the 18,000 Jews, perhaps Laura too, were transported to #Auschwitz >>
The Peckels were from Leipzig, Germany.
Kurt, Frieda and little Abraham. First they were sent to the Drancy concentration camp in 🇫🇷 . There, little Abraham was immediately separated from his parents.
Then, on 31/08/42 all were transported to #Auschwitz where they were murdered.
Kurt, Frieda and little Abraham. First they were sent to the Drancy concentration camp in 🇫🇷 . There, little Abraham was immediately separated from his parents.
Then, on 31/08/42 all were transported to #Auschwitz where they were murdered.
