04.05.1943 | #OTD Postcard from Leo to his dear boys from the ghost train with 1187 people of @kampwesterbork to death camp #Sobibor: "I wish you all the best. I'll be brave and I'll always be thinkig of you. Your father is always in your hearts." Who was Leo?👇🏼/1 Image
Leo is a true Maastricht native and has 2 brothers and 1 sister. Louis goes by @Kamp_Amersfoort to @AuschwitzMuseum. Max, like Leo, is murdered in #Sobibor. Tilly survives the war, as does his mother Rosalie. /2 Image
Single father Leo has 2 sons from his marriage to the non-Jewish Getrud Meuer (div 1937). He owns a textile store on the Grote Gracht in #Maastricht. Emiel lives with his sister's in-laws & neighbours of his store, Butcher Drielsma at Grote Gracht 23 and Jakie with his mother./3 Image
On August 25, 1942, Leo, like the befriended Isaack Family, had to report to police in #Maastricht before 4 p.m. and was arrested for the 1st time and taken to Westerbork.
From there the Isaacks are immediately forwarded to Auschwitz and murdered. /4 Image
After just one week, Leo is released from @kampwesterbork because of the care for his 2 sons and returns home to #Maastricht.
On November 11, 1942 Leo is arrested for the 2nd time after presumably being betrayed by an NSB member. /5 Image
On May 4, 1943, Leo is one of 1187 deportees who go on the 10th transport to Sobibor. Before leaving the Netherlands at Nieuweschans, he throws his last greeting from the train to keep his children hopeful. He probably knows better about his fate.... /6 Image
On May 7, 1943, Leo Salomon was murdered in #Sobibor extermination camp immediately upon arrival.... leaving behind 1 million kisses for his 2 boys. /7 Image

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May 4
04.05.1943 | Post van Leo aan zijn lieve jongens vanuit de spooktrein van @kampwesterbork naar #Sobibor: "Ik hoop het beste voor jullie ik zal moed houden en altijd aan jullie denken. Jullies vader is altijd in het hart bij jullie." #transport10 #DaglieveLeo Wie was Leo? 👇🏼/1 Image
Leo is een echte Maastrichtenaar en heeft 2 broers en 1 zus. Louis gaat via @Kamp_Amersfoort naar @AuschwitzMuseum. Max wordt net als Leo in #Sobibor vermoord. Tilly overleefd de oorlog, net als zijn moeder Rosalie. /2 Image
De alleenstaande vader Leo heeft 2 zonen uit zijn huwelijk met de niet-joodse Getrud Meuer (gesch. 1937). Hij bezit een textielzaak aan de Grote Gracht in Maastricht. Emiel woont bij de schoonfamilie van zijn zus, Slagerij Drielsma op Grote Gracht 23 en Jackie bij zijn moeder./3 Image
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29.04.1943 | De kleine Nederlandstalige gemeenschap in Orange City, Iowa (VS), publiceerde #OTD een opvallend gedetailleerd artikel getiteld "Het uitmoorden der Joden in Polen" in hun weekblad, De Volksvriend. 👇🏼
@PLinNederland @NLinPoland /1 Image
Ondanks dat het meer dan 7800 km verwijderd was van Polen, onthulde dit artikel ten tijde vd opstand in Warschau de wreedheden die werden begaan door Hitler en de SS. Lees het schokkende verslag over de evacuaties van Lublin, de vorming van getto's en de vernietigingskampen. /2 Image
De hele Nederlandse tekst van het artikel in de Volksvriend van 29 april 1943 is te vinden in
dit draadje of via de link linktr.ee/sobibor 👇🏼/3 Image
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29.04.1943 | Mała niderlandzkojęzyczna społeczność w Orange City, Iowa (USA), opublikowała #OTD szczegółowy artykuł w swojej gazecie, De Volksvriend, zaledwie 10 dni po wybuchu powstania w getcie warszawskim 1943 roku: "Eksterminacja Żydów w Polsce". Wątek👇🏼#Polska /1 Image
Mimo że dzieliła ich od Polski ponad 7800 km, ten artykuł, zatytułowany "Eksterminacja Żydów w Polsce", ujawniał okrucieństwa popełniane przez Hitlera i SS. Przeczytaj szokujące relacje o ewakuacjach z Lublina, tworzeniu gett i obozów akcji "Reinhardt". /2 Image
Przeczytaj pełen artykuł w tłumaczeniu na język polski jako wątek lub pobierz tekst w języku niderlandzkim lub angielskim: linktr.ee/sobibor. 👇🏼/3
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Apr 29
29.04.1943 | A small Dutch-speaking community in Orange City, Iowa (USA), published #OTD a detailed article in their newspaper, De Volksvriend, just 10 days after the outbreak of the #Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943: "The Extermination of the Jews in Poland". Thread👇🏼/1 Image
Despite being over 7,800 km away from Poland, this article, titled "The Extermination of the Jews in Poland," exposed the atrocities committed by Hitler and the SS. Read the shocking account of the Lublin evacuations, the formation of ghettos, and the Aktion Reinhard camps. /2 Image
Read the full article in English translation as a thread or download the NL/EN text: linktr.ee/sobibor.
#Shoah #Holocaust 👇🏼/3 Image
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27.04.1943 |#OTD The 9th transport from @kampwesterbork to #Sobibor consisted of 1204 people, including the NL composer Leo Smit and his wife Lientje de Vries. His music will be heard in Westerbork on May 4: kampwesterbork.nl/programma/acti… Who was he? 👇🏼/1 @MajdanekMuseum Image
Leo Smit was a talented composer, born May 14, 1900 in Amsterdam's Plantage neighborhood. He studied piano and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory and was the 1st student to graduate cum laude. Smit became a teacher of analysis and harmony at the @ConsAmsterdam /2 Image
On June 28, 1925, his work "Silhouettes" was premiered by the @ConcertgbOrkest. After his military service, he gave up teaching and left for Paris, where he developed his own style and wrote successful pieces, such as the Harp Concerto with Rosa Spier. /3 Image
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