John Cocker

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On this day in 1937, a Jewish girl was born in Paris. She was arrested with her mother. They were interned in Drancy then deported to Auschwitz on the 21 Aug 1942 where they perished. Her father and brother survived. Her name was Jeannette Hoffman

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On this day in 1908, a Jewish man was born in Reims. He was arrested in the Old Port roundup in Jan 1943. Interned in Royallieu camp then Drancy camp, he was deported to Sobibor on the 23 Mar 1943 where he perished. His name was André Levy

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On this day in 1897, a Jewish woman was born in Ukraine. Living in France she was interned in Drancy before being deported to Auschwitz on the 27 Jul 1942 where she perished. Her sister also perished in the camp. Her name was Anna Klatzmann

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On this day in 1943, a 39 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 1 month and 18 days. Her name was Maria Melka

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I noticed the differences in spelling between the sites and one the same sites so in the end just made a guess... alas, I was wrong!

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On this day in 1896, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt with her husband and son then, on the 9 May, to the Sobibor extermination camp where she perished. Her name was Anna Kallová

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On this day in 1916, a Czech Jewish man was born. An export officer, he was deported to the Gusen concentration camp (a sub camp of Mauthausen) were he perished on the 17 May 1942. His name was Franz Fantl

On this day in 1933, a Jewish girl was born in Paris. She was arrested with her parents & brother (4). The children were separated from their parents & deported to Auschwitz on the 24 Aug 1942 where they were murdered. Her name was Florette Davidovitch

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On this day in 1943, a 19 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 1 month and 20 days. Her name was Janina Szyda

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I also find it ironic that one of the peoples that offered most help to the Jews under occupation was the Muslim Albanians.

I think what I find most shocking with countries like France and Hungary was how readily their authorities embraced the genocide

The Blogs: No, Poles did not kill 200,000 Jews. Anatomy of a myth From the blog of Andrzej Pawluszek at The Times of Israel

I've been intrigued about the accusations against the Poles with some claiming very high numbers and others almost denying any antisemitism. I then came across this really interesting piece published a few days ago in the Times of Israel blogs.timesofisrael.com/no-poles-did...

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