Steven Farber

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11 August 1942 | A transport of 559 Jews deported from #Westerbork in the German-occupied Netherlands arrived at Auschwitz. After the arrival selection, 164 men & 131 women were registered. The remaining 264 people were killed in a gas chamber, incl. a 2-year old Magdalena Dora Blau.

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10 August 1885 | German Jew, Chaim Kraus, was born in Pommerensdorf (today Pomorzany, part of Szczecin in Poland). He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact

6 August 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl Eva Redischova was born in Prague. She was a daughter of Arnost & Elsa. On 12 September 1942 she was transferred to Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She was 13 years old.

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2/3 August 1944 | The Germans liquidated the so-called Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager - sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Some 4,300 children, women and men - the last Roma prisoners of the sector - were loaded onto trucks and driven to the gas chambers.

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Another weekend, another community shattered by a gunman armed with an assault-style rifle — this time in Twin Falls, Idaho at an In-N-Out Burger, where three people were killed and seven others were wounded.

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3 August 1902 | German Jewish woman Regina Jonas was born in Berlin. In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.

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2 August 1943 | 1,000 Jews arrived at Auschwitz from Drancy in German-occupied France. After the selection 218 men & 55 women were registered as prisoners. The remaining 727 people were murdered in gas chambers. Françoise Sukno was among them. She was almost 3 months old.

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