Faces Of Auschwitz

They were not numbers, triangles or symbols. And we will not let their names be forgotten. (Photo: Czeslawa Kwoka, Vinzent Daniel, Maria Schenker, Walter Degen) facesofauschwitz.com

The colour makes these almost unbearable to look at. But look we must. Thankyou @FacesAuschwitz for the work you do.

On 29 September 1941, a massacre was carried out by German forces during their campaign against the Soviet Union. Approximately 33,771 Jews were killed, including these girls: Mania Halef and Larisa “Larochka” Ratmanski.

Happy birthday, Czeslawa. You're in my thoughts today and forever. facesofauschwitz.com/gallery/czesla…

Czeslawa Kwoka was born on this day in 1928 in Wólka Złojecka, Poland. facesofauschwitz.com/gallery/czesla…

Auschwitz camp was originally created in spring 1940 mainly as a tool of terror in German-occupied Poland. Its first prisoners were members of Polish leadership, resistance & intellectuals - people arrested for their real or potential "threat" for the Reich.

27 May 1944 | Two Jewish prisoners escaped from the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp: Czesław Mordowicz from Poland and Arnošt Rosin from Slovakia. Their account about extermination of Hungarian Jews was later sent to Switzerland, and then presented to the governments of the Allies.

27 May 1927 | Greek Jewish girl Dolly Florentin was born in Thessaloniki. In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

A North Texas Holocaust survivor is celebrating reaching the century mark. "I was born in 1920, now it's 2020," Heinz Wallach said. His daughter organized a parade for her father's birthday with the help of @dhhrm_org: cbsnews.com/news/heinz-wal…

Trevor Avery, Director of the #LakeDistrictHolocaustProject, speaking at the #YomHaShoah UK National Holocaust Commemoration @HolocaustLake @45AidSociety @HMD_UK @TheAJR_ @HolocaustUK @BoardofDeputies @yadvashem pscp.tv/w/cWx-PjFXTEVS…

I light these candles in memory of the Olmer’s, my husband’s Polish family, grandfather, Hersh Olmer & oldest daughter Golda,place of murder unknown. Grandmother, Chana,young daughters Pessle, & Adele, gassed at Belzec. ⁦@YellowCandleUK⁩ #yellowcandle ⁦@HolocaustUK⁩

Tonight on Yom Hashoah, I lit a #yellowcandle in memory of Isaak Steinbock aged 54. One of over six million jews murdered. We will never forget them. May their memories continue to be a blessing. #yomhashoahuk @HolocaustUK

The Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers. It began with the rhetoric of hate. #YomHaShoah

25 March 1936 | Rene Tyk, a French Jewish boy was born in #Paris. On 19 August 1942 he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,000 people. He was murdered at Auschwitz right after arrival on 21 August 1942. He was 6 years old.

March 24, 1943 | Approximately 2,800 Jewish men, women and children from the ghetto in Salonika arrive from occupied Greece to #Auschwitz. Following the selection, at least 1,986 of them are killed in the gas chambers.

Gertrud Steinl, the last surviving German honored by @yadvashem with the title of Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during the #Holocaust, has died. abcn.ws/3btBzV1

Ralph, may your Rest in Peace. You can finally leave all the suffering behind you. We love you and promise you that the whole world will hear your story. I'm sorry that we could not do this while you were here. Our deepest condolences to the Hakmans during this difficult time.

But we are also incredibly grateful to him, Barbara, and their family for opening their doors and trusting us. We spent an entire year working together and making plans, which allowed us to become friends. Hearing his stories brought pain and healing at the same time.

It’s with a heavy heart that I post this. Ralph, our dear friend, Holocaust survivor and the primary subject of the documentary we’ve been working on, died yesterday in Los Angeles, aged 94. We are still shocked and devastated.