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Juan J Rivero
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Retired Human Resources Mngr/GA State Govt
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Still owned by Daisy the Yorkie
(2008-2025)
Immigrant, Naturalized USA Citizen
Amateur iPhone Photographer
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20 December 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leo Polak, was born in Amsterdam.

In July 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber with his mother Sonja after the selection.
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📖 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
December 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
20 December 1938 | Czech Jewish girl, Věra Picková, was born.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She was registered at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in a family camp for Jews deported from this ghetto. She did not survive.
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
20 December 1938 | French Jewish girl Eveline Stabryd was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 817 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
December 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
20 December 1932 | Dutch Jewish boy, Josua Leendert Sanders, was born in Rotterdam

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
19 December 1934 | Dutch Jewish boy Robert Goudsmit was born in Haren.

In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.

On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
19 December 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Frank Emanuel Polak, was born in Amsterdam.

In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A bit of warmth on this cold and wet December evening.
#photography #nature
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
18 December 1929 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Bernard Warszaur, (Warszauer) was born in Olaszliszka. He emigrated to France.

On 24 August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Berthe. They were murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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This evening’s Christmas lights are again at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas. 🕯️🕯️🕯️
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
17 December 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Emile Joost Jacobs, was born at the Hague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
16 December 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Henri van Son, was born in Rotterdam.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 October 1942 in a transport of 1,014 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
16 December 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zkerman, was born in Sosnowiec.

In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941.
No. 22355
He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
16 December 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Gosschalk, was born in Deventer.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A neighbor’s clear eyed view of the unraveling of our democracy.

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border
A view from our neighbor
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December 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Mama Mallard and Baby, Germantown, Maryland

#mallardmonday #photography #birds #eastcoastkin
December 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
15 December 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Gertrud Müller, was born in Halle an der Saale.

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943.
No. Z-1500
She perished in the camp on 23 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/44EVuxY
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December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Minimalism. Two small leafy water plants peek above the lake surface casting abstract reflections across the ripples. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. July 1, 2018, 8:30 PM.

#hiking #lake
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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First blush of spring sunset, Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. April 20, 2021, 7:11 PM.

#sunset #hiking #lake #wildflowers
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Couldn't resist one more on this topic, since they are my favorite birds at the ponds. Three herons and one egret. The first two taken on the same late afternoon walk, the others at other times. #BirdOfTheDay #HeronsandEgrets
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
14 December 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Martha Doof, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 11 February 1943 in a transport of 1,184 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 1,005 of the murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
14 December 1936 | Dutch Jewish boy, Samuel Davids, was born in Groningen.

He was deported to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1944 and from there on 4 October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM