54 years ago today, the New Musical Express (5 August 1972) reviewed Andy Newman's album "Rainbow". #AndyNewman #ThunderclapNewman @robertrotifer.bsky.social

55 years ago today, Rolling Stone (5 August 1971) reviewed Joni Mitchell's landmark album "Blue". #JoniMitchell @robertrotifer.bsky.social

61 years ago today: "HELP! It's a Hit". Kinematograph Weekly (5 August 1965) reports from the world charity premiere of the Beatles film "Help" in London. Spot Eric Pleskow! #Beatles #EricPleskow #Viennale #Exil #Exile #UnitedArtists @beatlesarchive.bsky.social @robertrotifer.bsky.social

Heute vor 81 Jahren, am 5. August 1945, erschien die erste Ausgabe der Österreichischen Volksstimme. #ZweiteRepublik #KPÖ anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

Heute vor 81 Jahren, am 5. August 1945, erschien die erste Nachkriegsausgabe der Arbeiter-Zeitung. #Arbeiterzeitung #ZweiteRepublik #SPÖ @spoe.at anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

Heute vor 87 Jahren. Von dieser infamen antisemitischen Propaganda war es nur ein kleiner Schritt zum Holocaust. Innviertler Heimatblatt, 5. August 1939. #Antisemitismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah

Heute vor 88 Jahren in Wien: Antisemitismus und Ausgrenzung. Von da war es nicht mehr weit zu den Novemberpogromen und dem Holocaust. Neue Freie Presse, 5. August 1938. #Antisemitismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah

Daily reminder: Die hierarchische Verfasstheit der österreichischen Universitäten ist demokratiepolitisch eine Sauerei. #UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social

4 August 1936 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Jacob Arye Katz, was born in Satu Mare. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

5 August 1900 | Dutch Jewish woman, Anna van Emden, was born in Amsterdam. In December 1942 she was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- 📖 Jews deported to Auschwitz from the German-occupied Netherlands: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

5 August 1942 | Polish Jew, Dawid Pawłowicz, perished in the #Auschwitz camp. Dawid was born in Radom on 6 June 1905. He was a cabman. He was registered in the camp on 2 July 1942. No. 44385 He survived 34 days.

5 August 1905 | A German Jewish woman, Martha Voss, was born in Loesnich. During the war she lived in The Hague. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

5 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Bella Rubin, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 July 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy together white her mother Marta and a younger sister Micheline. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.

5 August 1874 | A Polish Jew, Majer Tepper, was born in Mrzygłód. A farmer. In #Auschwitz form 16 April 1942. No. 29748 He perished in the camp on 31 May 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

5 August 1907 | A Pole Adam Kopyciński was born in Osielec Podhalański. In #Auschwitz from 8 January 1942. No. 25294 He played piano & lyre in the camp orchestra. In May 1944, he became its conductor. Liberated in Ebensee. After the war the director of the opera in Wrocław.

Ex-Adelige in ihren Schlössern besuchen. Auf ganz lustig. ÖRR am Abgrund. #Herrschaftszeiten #orf #orf2 #4August2026

Heute vor 87 Jahren: "'Stammvater' Horvath und die Walbersdorfer Zigeunerplage". Von dieser rassistischen Hetze war es nur ein kleiner Schritt zum Holocaust. Das kleine Volksblatt, 4. August 1939. #Porajmos #Rassismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

Heute vor 88 Jahren: "Juden aus der Ärzteschaft entfernt". Von da war es nicht mehr weit zu den Novemberpogromen und dem Holocaust. Wiener Neueste Nachrichten, 4. August 1938. #Antisemitismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

4 August 1943 | A French Jewish girl, Marguerite Sznajderman, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 12 February 1944 in a transport of 1,500 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 1,229 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. She was 6 months old.

4 August 1922 | A Polish woman, Halina Jasicka, was born in Tarnów. A laboratory analyst. In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942. No. 6898 She was evacuated to KL Bergen-Belsen and liberated there. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/3O8z0jF 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3ZokyXc

Remembering Joe Egan: This ad for his great album "Out of Nowhere" appeared in Billboard 47 years ago today (4 August 1979). #JoeEgan #StealersWheel @robertrotifer.bsky.social

4 August 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Mol, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Remembering Joe Egan: This ad for his great album "Out of Nowhere" appeared in Billboard 47 years ago today (4 August 1979). #JoeEgan #StealersWheel @robertrotifer.bsky.social

Heute vor 87 Jahren: "'Stammvater' Horvath und die Walbersdorfer Zigeunerplage". Von dieser rassistischen Hetze war es nur ein kleiner Schritt zum Holocaust. Das kleine Volksblatt, 4. August 1939. #Porajmos #Rassismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

Heute vor 88 Jahren: "Juden aus der Ärzteschaft entfernt". Von da war es nicht mehr weit zu den Novemberpogromen und dem Holocaust. Wiener Neueste Nachrichten, 4. August 1938. #Antisemitismus #Holocaust #Shoa #Shoah anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...

Daily reminder: Die hierarchische Verfasstheit der österreichischen Universitäten ist demokratiepolitisch eine Sauerei. #UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social

4 August 1884 | German Jewish woman, Agnes Scholl (nee Eissler), was born in Wiesenbach. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 January 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

4 August 1932 | Hungarian Jewish girl Erika Oesterreicher was born in Budapest. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

4 August 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Františka Winternitzová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

August 1968: "The sadness of Tim Hardin". Beat Instrumental (August 1968). #TimHardin @robertrotifer.bsky.social