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17 May 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Arlette Sokolski, was born in Douai.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 17 September 1942 in a transport of 1,048 Jews deported from Mechelen / Malines. She was among 717 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection

16 May 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ágnes Fuchs, was born.

In May 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

17 May 1914 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zděnka Weilová, was born in Březnice.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.

17 May 1943 | Roma girl Gisela Ernst was born in the Roma family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She received no. Z-8868. She perished in the camp on 4 June 1943 and shared the tragic fate of all 387 Roma babies born in Auschwitz.
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Am 17. Mai 1944 starb die linke Journalistin und Übersetzerin (u.a. von Kafka und Rosa Luxemburg) Milena Jesenská im KZ Ravensbrück an den Folgen einer Nierenoperation.
In Prag hatte sie im Widerstand gegen die nationalsozialistische Besatzung gekämpft, Gefährdete versteckt und Fluchten ermöglicht.

Sie bestand ihr erstes Examen "mit Auszeichnung" am 16. Mai 1923 am Berliner Kammergericht (Foto). #onthisday

Dr. Else Rahel Samulon (geb. 1898, gest. 1944) war die erste Amtsrichterin in Preußen, wurde als Jüdin unter dem Naziterror aus ihrem Beruf verstoßen und 1944 im KZ Auschwitz ermordet.

15 May 1925 | Polish Jewish girl, Rywka Goldberg, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 31 July 1942. She did not survive.

16 May 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Debora Bobbe, was born in The Hague.

In October 1942 she was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

16 May 1912 | A Czech Jewish woman, Adéla Frajtová, was born in Prague.

She was deported from Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz on 1 October 1944. She did not survive.

11 May 1937 | A German Jewish girl, Jutta Guttmacher, was born in Schlichtingsheim.

On 4 October 1944, she was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto and murdered in a gas chamber.

12 May 1918 | A Jewish woman, Sara Szanto, was born in Târgu Mureș in Romania.

In 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

9 May 1924 | A Greek Jewish girl, Louisette Azouvy (or Azouvi), was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France.

In November 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

6 May 1940 | Betty Vredenburg, a Dutch Jewish girl, was born in Amsterdam to Abraham and Rachel.

She was murdered in a gas chamber of the Auschwitz camp on 21 May 1944.

6 May 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ilsa Kohnová, was born.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943.
She did not survive.

6 May 1866 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ethel Lampel, was born.

In 1944 She was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

6 May 1920 | Polish woman, Anna Stanisława Kolbusz, was born in Nawieś Kołaczycki. During the German occupation, she was engaged in resistance activity.

In #Auschwitz from 2 October 1943
No. 63716
She perished in the camp on 21 November 1943.

5 May 1883 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Matje de Vries-Schellevis, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to Auschwitz in August 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber right after the selection.

2 May 1941 | A Yugoslavian Jewish girl, Eva Friedman, was born in Kanjiža (today in Serbia).

In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

3 May 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Meriam Kok, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 6 December 1942 in a transport of 811 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 795 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

3 May 1880 | A Polish Jewish woman, Bluma Sternberg, was born in Chrzanów. She lived in the town of Oświęcim (that Germans turned into Auschwitz).

In June 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto in Będzin. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

Das Todesurteil gegen sie erging #onthisday vor 80 Jahren.

Gedenkstätte Plötzensee. Erinnerung an Galina Romanowa (* 1918, † 1944), Ärztin, unter dem Naziterror aus der Ukraine verschleppt, mit Zwangsarbeit gepeinigt, im Herbst 1944 im Strafgefängnis Plötzensee enthauptet.

#Berlin

27 April 1937 | Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Fischerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. She was placed in the family camp BIIb at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She did not survive.

27 April 1925 | A French Jewish girl, Paulette Bloch, was born in Paris.

On 31 July 1944, she was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

27 April 1910 | Dutch Jewish woman, Sara Schelvis-Piller, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in September 1943. She did not survive.

28 April 1925 | Czech Jewish girl, Markéta Glaserová, was born in Lubenec.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 January 1943. She did not survive.

25 April 1923 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ruth Rychnovská, was born in Prague.

In Theresienstadt Ghetto from 22 December 1942.
Deported to Auschwitz on 6 October 1944.
She did not survive.

25 April 1891 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Rachel Sajovics nee Geist, was born in Sajomagyaros.

In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

25 April 1895 | A Jewish woman, Nina Davidsen, was born in Gomel. In 1912 she came to Norway.

Arrested on 26 Nov 1942 & deported to Auschwitz with her husband Bernhard, daughter & 3 sons. Murdered after selection in a gas chamber with her daughter Ruth & 7 y/o John Charles.

26 April 1922 | A German Jewish woman, Roza Brin, was born in Hamborn.

In 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

26 April 1920 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Mina Leuw, was born in Amsterdam. A machine stitcher.

In December 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

21 April 1923 | A Czech Jewish woman, Milada Fischlová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto in Theresienstadt on 26 January 1943. She did not survive.

21 April 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Edith Roseij Beek, was born in Oss.

She was deported to Auschwitz in November 1943 and murdered in a gas chamber.