20 April 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sophia Kaatje van Hasselt, was born in Oosterwolde.

In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her parents Simon and Geertje, and her older sister Hermi. None of them survived.

20 April 1929 | A Polish Jew, Michał Lask, was born in Będzin.

On 24 June 1943 he was deported from ghetto in Będzin and was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz.

20 April 1921 | A Polish man, Tadeusz Himstedt, was born in Łódź. A student.

In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 2246
He perished in the camp on 6 September 1942.

20 April 1928 | A Jewish boy, Yoseph Wacholder, was born in Tel Aviv, British Mandate for Palestine. He lived in Paris.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 7 August 1942 in a transport from Beaune-la-Rolande with his mother Dasza. They were probably murdered after the selection.

20 April 1882 | A Czech Roma, Alois Herak, was born.

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 7 May 1943.
No. Z-7463
He perished in the camp on 7 August 1943.

20 April 1910 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Elbaum, was born in Łódź. A polisher.

In #Auschwitz from 26 June 1942.
No. 41662
He perished in the camp on 2 July 1942.

20 April 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Kolerstein, was born in Nancy.

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

20 April 1904 | A Czech Jew, Vilém Löwy, was born in Prague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942, He did not survive.

Ein Plädoyer für die Wahrheit – „Verleugnung“ (2016)

Vier Jahre, von 1996 bis 2000, dauerte der Verleumdungsprozess, den der britische Historiker und Holocaustleugner David Irving gegen die amerikanische Professorin Deborah E. Lipstadt angezettelt hatte. Heraus kam ein denkwürdiger Sieg für Meinungsfreiheit und Gerechtigkeit kontra Geschichtsfälschung und Fanatismus. (ARD, WH)

Identity fraud on Mastodon

Just a reminder that there is a lot of identity fraud happening on the internet, increasingly on Mastodon as well.

Often impersonators are easy to detect (like the ones below) - but sometimes existing accounts are taken over by criminals. Always keep in mind that someone on the internet interacting with you may (currently) not be who they claim to be.

This includes my account. If it does not sound like me, it may not be me. Having doubts and double checking are good habits. Reputation (good or bad) is a useful property for knowing who you're dealing with, and to help detect anomalies.

Accounts with a few or 0 followers, and hardly any or just plain pointless toots, may be bots or criminals coming after your money.

If someone appears to only follow random Mastodonts with lots of followers, either they're noobs or they're here with less friendly intentions. If they then start following possibly lonely people, they *may* be trying to gain their attention and trust - maybe for nefarious purposes.

Recently the following people started following the automated channel https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/followers:

Kendal Jenner [1]
Jennifer Aniston [2]
Stephen King [3]
Keanu Reeves [4]
Keanu Reeves [5]

They all abuse the pictures of the real persons they impersonate (they're not just following the Auschwitz Memorial BTW).

[1] https://mastodon.social/@kendall01/following
[2] https://mastodon.social/@Jenniferaniston123/following
[3] https://mastodon.social/@Stevenkvng/following
[4] https://mastodon.social/@keanureeves1928/following
[5] https://mastodon.social/@reeves001/following (screenshot below)

19 April 1882 | A Czech Jew, Moritz Blonsky, was born in Moravská Ostrava. A tailor.

In #Auschwitz from 21 November 1941.
No. 23130
He perished in the camp on 3 December 1941.

19 April 1902 | A Polish man, Rudolf Rosner, was born in Bielsko. A Catholic priest.

In #Auschwitz from 8 January 1942.
No. 25319
He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.

19 April 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Nugelman, was born in Paris.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 817 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

19 April 1898 | Polish Jew, Jacob Noah Finkelstein was born in Końskowola. He was a sales representative of a Belgian chocolate company and later inventor of a type of resin glue.

In #Auschwitz from 31 July 1944.
He was deported from a slave labor camp for Jews in Pionki.
No. B-252
During the evacuation, he was taken on a Death March to Mauthausen.

Jacob was liberated in the Gunskirchen subcamp on May 4, 1945. He died four days later in a hospital in Wels.

19 April 1926 | A Dutch Jew, Joseph Olman, was born in #Rotterdam.

In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his parents (in the picture): Eliazar Israel and Cornelia. They were murdered in a gas chamber.

19 April 1920 | A Pole, Kazimierz Smoleń, was born in Chorzów Stary. Arrested for resistance activity in Chorzów area.

In #Auschwitz from 6 July 1940.
No. 1327
After the war a co-founder & long-time director of @auschwitzmuseum.
He passed away in 2012.
http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/kazimierz-smolen-1920-2012,890.html

19 April 1886 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Anna Izsak (née Szekely), was born.

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

19 April 1874 | A Dutch Jew, David Wessel, was born in Rotterdam.

In October 1942 he was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.