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'I was murdered in Auschwitz': victims of Holocaust remembered on Twitter 'I was murdered in Auschwitz': victims of Holocaust remembered on Twitter
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Twitter users have enlisted the social media platform to help bring to light personal stories of the victims of the Nazi regime on Holocaust Remembrance Day.Twitter users have enlisted the social media platform to help bring to light personal stories of the victims of the Nazi regime on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Over the course of the day, the St Louis Manifest account told the stories of the passengers of the German transatlantic liner which was turned away from the US in 1939. There were 937 people onboard, almost all were Jews fleeing from the Third Reich.Over the course of the day, the St Louis Manifest account told the stories of the passengers of the German transatlantic liner which was turned away from the US in 1939. There were 937 people onboard, almost all were Jews fleeing from the Third Reich.
After the ship was refused permission to dock in Florida and sent back across the Atlantic, 532 passengers were trapped when Germany conquered Western Europe. Just over half survived the Holocaust.After the ship was refused permission to dock in Florida and sent back across the Atlantic, 532 passengers were trapped when Germany conquered Western Europe. Just over half survived the Holocaust.
The account was set up by Jewish educator and activist Russel Neiss.The account was set up by Jewish educator and activist Russel Neiss.
My name is Lore Dublon. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Golleschau pic.twitter.com/nYjdV7MxvnMy name is Lore Dublon. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Golleschau pic.twitter.com/nYjdV7Mxvn
My name is Joachim Hirsch. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/pfvJtMpIpsMy name is Joachim Hirsch. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/pfvJtMpIps
My name is Werner Stein. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/nCgt9V33xmMy name is Werner Stein. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/nCgt9V33xm
My name is Irmgard Köppel. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/s0ZWjsdYG9My name is Irmgard Köppel. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/s0ZWjsdYG9
Other poignant posts on Twitter marking Holocaust Remembrance Day featured men, women and children who died in Nazi death camps across Europe during the second world war.Other poignant posts on Twitter marking Holocaust Remembrance Day featured men, women and children who died in Nazi death camps across Europe during the second world war.
Little Uzhu would have grown up to be my cousin. Instead, murdered, aged 6, in the Holocaust. #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/ywV8uo9zqcLittle Uzhu would have grown up to be my cousin. Instead, murdered, aged 6, in the Holocaust. #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/ywV8uo9zqc
In 1944 my grandfather's family hid out before they were taken off to Marianka then Auschwitz, where they were gassed. #HolocaustMemorialDayIn 1944 my grandfather's family hid out before they were taken off to Marianka then Auschwitz, where they were gassed. #HolocaustMemorialDay
To mark the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, photographer Marina Maral recoloured a photograph taken in Auschwitz of 14-year-old Polish Catholic Czeslawa Kwoka. Czeslawa was killed in 1943.To mark the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, photographer Marina Maral recoloured a photograph taken in Auschwitz of 14-year-old Polish Catholic Czeslawa Kwoka. Czeslawa was killed in 1943.
I can't stop staring at this: 14-year-old Czeslawa Kwoka, killed in Auschwitz. Image recoloured by @marinamaral2. #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/D3u2QCTrGiI can't stop staring at this: 14-year-old Czeslawa Kwoka, killed in Auschwitz. Image recoloured by @marinamaral2. #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/D3u2QCTrGi
Writer Leah Bobet used Twitter to tell the story of her grandfather, who survived a Nazi concentration camp.
Today's the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Going to tell you my grandfather's story about that. #HolocaustMemorialDay
When he died, it was pretty slow: diabetes-related dementia. Basically, the camps got him in the end, just on a sixty-year delay.
The effects on my family of that one survivor grandparent are visible. Everyone hoards food. There is always too much food in the house.
Trauma ripples through families. It ripples through cultures. If there is coming back from genocide, it is the work of centuries.
Saint Louis Manifest was still tweeting as news of Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees from the US emerged.Saint Louis Manifest was still tweeting as news of Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees from the US emerged.
Noted for history: A Trump administration executive order banned refugees from entering the United States on Holocaust Remembrance Day.Noted for history: A Trump administration executive order banned refugees from entering the United States on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
If you have forgotten when it means to turn away refugees, please follow @Stl_Manifest. They were turned away in 1939 and murdered.If you have forgotten when it means to turn away refugees, please follow @Stl_Manifest. They were turned away in 1939 and murdered.
• This article was amended on 16 February 2017 to remove some tweets.