Vintage portrait of a young girl with a slight smile, wearing a plaid dress.

Youg girl posing in a playful stance dressed as a drummer with a stick raised in one hand and a drum strapped over the shoulder, wearing a top hat and smiling.

18 March 1927 | A Jewish girl, Lea Dragica Deutsch, was born in Zagreb.

In May 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. 25 of the 75 people in her train car did not survive the 6-day transport. Lea was among them. Her mother and brother were murdered in the camp.

Vintage portrait of a man weariin glasses and a sweater, looking to the side.

10 November 1920 | An Austrian Jew Max Sojfer was born in Vienna. He emigrated to the Netherlands.

In March 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Vintage black-and-white photo of a smiling baby sitting on a cushioned surface, wearing a light outfit and with a single tuft of hair on top of the head.

10 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Madeleine van Coevorden, was born in Amsterdam.

In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

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.

10 November 1913 | A Pole, Jan Piasecki, was born in Kownatki. A gardener.

In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1941.
No. 12676
He perished in the camp on 15 May 1942.
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Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

When in doubt, send cake!! 😋😘 xx

A historical black and white photo of young survivors in striped uniforms standing behind a barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Black and white historical photo of liberated prisoners walking under the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Black and white historical photo showing a large hall filled with discarded clothing, with a person visible in the background.

Historical black and white photograph of Auschwitz concentration camp after liberation showing dilapidated wooden barracks and victims' bodies on the ground.

Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.

1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

Thank you, Mel ❤️

Beautiful writing, as always ❤️