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Breslau 1941: clandestine photos tell of the Holocaust’s upheaval and terror
Images taken secretly some 80 years ago are being published for the first time to mark International #Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Breslau 1941: clandestine photos tell of the Holocaust’s upheaval and terror
Images taken secretly some 80 years ago are being published for the first time to mark International Holocaust Remembrance DayVanessa Thorpe (The Guardian)
12 October 1892 | Edith Stein was born in Wrocław. She was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism, became a theologian & a Carmelite nun. She was murdered in Auschwitz in August of 1942.
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![Burning Treblinka II perimeter during the prisoner uprising, 2 August 1943. Barracks were set ablaze, including a tank of petrol which exploded setting fire to the surrounding structures. This clandestine photograph was taken by Franciszek Ząbecki. By Franciszek Ząbecki - Kopówka, Edward; Rytel-Andrianik, Paweł (2011), "Treblinka II – Obóz zagłady" [Monograph, chapt. 3: Treblinka II Death Camp] (PDF file, direct download 20.2 MB).Franciszek Ząbecki, Wspomnienia dawne i nowe, Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, fotografia pomiędzy stronami 48 i 49/photo between pages 112 and 113, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30460279](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/820/911/923/272/724/original/66b6afecf0b0cf15.jpg "Burning Treblinka II perimeter during the prisoner uprising, 2 August 1943. Barracks were set ablaze, including a tank of petrol which exploded setting fire to the surrounding structures. This clandestine photograph was taken by Franciszek Ząbecki. By Franciszek Ząbecki - Kopówka, Edward; Rytel-Andrianik, Paweł (2011), "Treblinka II – Obóz zagłady" [Monograph, chapt. 3: Treblinka II Death Camp] (PDF file, direct download 20.2 MB).Franciszek Ząbecki, Wspomnienia dawne i nowe, Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, fotografia pomiędzy stronami 48 i 49/photo between pages 112 and 113, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30460279")
In Auschwitz from 27 August 1943
No. 140964
Transferred to Fürstengrube sub-camp.
In 1945 he was on a death march, ending up on one of the ships in the Lubeck Bay that were mistakenly bombed by the British RAF on 3 May 1945. More than 7,000 prisoners were killed. Jakub survived.
After the war he emigrated to Australia.
Today he turns 98.
Happy birthday.
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