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13 April 1936 | Dutch Jewish girl Saartje Schnitzler was born in #Rotterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 August 1942 deported from #Westerbork with her mother Betje & siblings: Alida, Isidor, Joseph, Leonardus, Louis. After the selection they were murdered in a gas chamber.

8 April 1932 | A Polish Jewish girl, Debora Chaja Strassberg, was born in Narol. She emigrated to Belgium. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

7 April 1934 | A French Jewish boy, Maurice Dreksler, 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.

7 April 1939 | Czech Jewish girl Anna Fischlerová was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 October 1944 with her brother Jan (Hansi) (b. 1937). They were murdered in a gas chamber.

7 April 1909 | A Greek Jewish woman, Caroline Flantzer (nee. Pessah), was born in Thessaloniki. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She did not survive.

Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The barbed wire fence that divided the BIa sector (the women camp established in 1942) from the road that later became the selection and unloading area. (Photo: instagram.com/txemaphoto)