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Irene Meyer was born in Paderborn, Germany, on July 31, 1925. She was of Jewish faith, the daughter of Henriette and Jul...
10/03/2026

Irene Meyer was born in Paderborn, Germany, on July 31, 1925. She was of Jewish faith, the daughter of Henriette and Julius Meyer. She had a younger sister named Ellen.

In 1942, Irene and her family were deported to the Terezín camp located in Czechoslovakia. They remained imprisoned there for two years. On October 9, 1944, the family was transported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival at the camp, Irene's parents and younger sister were immediately sent to the gas chamber.

Irene, by contrast, was designated for forced labor within the camp. Her time at Auschwitz was brief, after which she was transferred to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. Her stay there was similarly short-lived. Subsequently, she was relocated to the Buchenwald camp, and thereafter to Bergen-Belsen.

Irene contracted typhus while at Bergen-Belsen, yet endured until the camp's liberation on April 15, 1945. At nineteen years of age, Irene became an orphan and found herself entirely without family following liberation. The ordeal in the camps had left her profoundly weakened, and she never achieved complete recovery from typhus. She succumbed to this illness in a Swedish hospital on April 15, 1946, precisely one year following her liberation. She was twenty years old. May her memory be a blessing.

REMEMBER IRENE MEYER.

Sara de Leeuw entered the world in The Hague on August 1, 1929, as the daughter of Roosje and Alexander de Leeuw. The fa...
10/03/2026

Sara de Leeuw entered the world in The Hague on August 1, 1929, as the daughter of Roosje and Alexander de Leeuw. The family maintained their residence at Juliana van Stolberglaan 120, where Sara lived alongside her older sister. On March 27, 1944, Sara and her entire family were forcibly transported to Auschwitz. Upon their arrival at the concentration camp, Sara and her parents were immediately executed. At the time of her death, Sara was merely fourteen years of age. Notably, her sister endured and survived the Holocaust.

REMEMBER SARA DE LEEUW.

Alida Boas entered the world in Den Haag, the Netherlands, on May 25, 1939. She was of Jewish faith, born to parents Rac...
10/03/2026

Alida Boas entered the world in Den Haag, the Netherlands, on May 25, 1939. She was of Jewish faith, born to parents Rachel and Levie Boas. Her family resided at Willem van Outhoornstraat 3, Den Haag. On August 26, 1942, Alida and her mother were systematically murdered by N**i forces in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Her father met the same tragic fate one month thereafter. Alida was merely three years of age. May her memory serve as a blessing.

REMEMBER ALIDA BOAS.

Masha Krupeni was born in Slonim, Poland, in 1930. Masha was Jewish, the daughter of Yosef Abraham and Sara Krupeni. She...
10/03/2026

Masha Krupeni was born in Slonim, Poland, in 1930. Masha was Jewish, the daughter of Yosef Abraham and Sara Krupeni. She had a sister, Ester, and a brother, Asher.

On June 24, 1941, the N**is invaded Slonim. Subsequently, a ghetto was established, along with a Jewish council organized by the N**i regime. Abraham, Masha's father, became a member of the Jewish council. He was unaware at that time that this membership would prove to be a fatal decision.

On November 14, 1941, the entire Jewish council and their family members were executed by the N**is. Masha's brother survived because he was older and resided separately from the family. Masha was merely eleven years old. May her memory be a blessing.

REMEMBER MASHA KRUPENI.

Gretha and Salli Cohen were Dutch-Jewish siblings born in Rotterdam on July 19, 1937 (Gretha) and April 13, 1941 (Salli)...
10/03/2026

Gretha and Salli Cohen were Dutch-Jewish siblings born in Rotterdam on July 19, 1937 (Gretha) and April 13, 1941 (Salli). Their parents were Rebecca and Mozes Cohen. They resided at Tidemannstraat 55 a, Rotterdam. They were two ordinary children existing under profoundly adverse circumstances. They ought to have enjoyed lengthy and fulfilling lives, yet this outcome was not realized. On July 9, 1943, Salli and Gretha were murdered in the gas chambers of the Sobibór extermination camp. Gretha was five years old and Salli was two years old. May their memories serve as blessings.

REMEMBER GRETHA AND SALLI COHEN.

ETU HELLER WAS BORN IN 1928 IN VALEA LUI MIHAI, ROMANIA. ETU WAS OF JEWISH FAITH, THE DAUGHTER OF RAKHEL MIRIAM AND MOSH...
10/01/2026

ETU HELLER WAS BORN IN 1928 IN VALEA LUI MIHAI, ROMANIA. ETU WAS OF JEWISH FAITH, THE DAUGHTER OF RAKHEL MIRIAM AND MOSHE HELLER. SHE POSSESSED A SISTER NAMED KHAIA. ETU WAS PURSUING HER EDUCATION AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

DURING APPROXIMATELY 1944, ETU AND HER FAMILY WERE FORCIBLY TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ. BOTH ETU AND KHAIA PASSED THE INITIAL SELECTION PROCESS AND WERE SUBJECTED TO THE SEVERE AND INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP.

FOLLOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS AT AUSCHWITZ, THE TWO SISTERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE BERGEN-BELSEN CAMP SITUATED IN NORTHERN GERMANY. ETU CONTRACTED TYPHUS WHILE IMPRISONED IN THE CAMP AND SUCCUMBED TO THE DISEASE IN THE LATE WINTER OR EARLY SPRING OF 1945. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, SHE WAS MERELY SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE. MAY HER MEMORY SERVE AS A BLESSING.

KHAIA ENDURED AND SURVIVED THE WAR.

REMEMBER ETU HELLER.

MARIA "MASHA" BRUSKINA WAS BORN IN 1924 IN MINSK, BELARUS, AND WAS OF JEWISH HERITAGE. HER MOTHER, LUCIA MOISEYEVNA BUGA...
10/01/2026

MARIA "MASHA" BRUSKINA WAS BORN IN 1924 IN MINSK, BELARUS, AND WAS OF JEWISH HERITAGE. HER MOTHER, LUCIA MOISEYEVNA BUGAKOVA, HELD A SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITION AT A PUBLISHING ENTERPRISE. MASHA DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND PASSION FOR READING AND INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS FROM AN EARLY AGE, EXHIBITING EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. SHE COMPLETED HER EDUCATION IN 1941 WITH DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

DURING THAT SAME YEAR, N**I FORCES INITIATED THEIR INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION. AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN MULTIPLE SOVIET YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, MASHA FIRMLY REJECTED N**I IDEOLOGY. SHE ENLISTED AS A VOLUNTEER NURSE, AND BEYOND PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO INJURED SOLDIERS, SHE FACILITATED THEIR ESCAPE BY COVERTLY DELIVERING CIVILIAN ATTIRE AND FORGED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS INTO THE MEDICAL FACILITY.

A FELLOW PATIENT OBSERVED MASHA'S ACTIVITIES AND REPORTED HER ACTIONS TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES. SHE WAS APPREHENDED ON OCTOBER 14, 1941. SUBSEQUENTLY, A RED ARMY SOLDIER, SUBJECTED TO SEVERE TORTURE, DISCLOSED THE IDENTITIES OF MASHA AND ELEVEN ADDITIONAL YOUNG RESISTANCE FIGHTERS TO THE N**IS. ALL TWELVE INDIVIDUALS ENDURED TORTURE AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED.

DESPITE ENDURING TORTURE, THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MASHA MAINTAINED HER SILENCE AND DIVULGED NO INFORMATION. ON OCTOBER 20, SHE COMPOSED A LETTER TO HER MOTHER STATING: "I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE CONCERN THAT MY ACTIONS HAVE CAUSED YOU. PLEASE DO NOT WORRY. NO HARM HAS BEFALLEN ME. I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES ON MY ACCOUNT. SHOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, I KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU SEND ME MY DRESS, MY GREEN BLOUSE, AND WHITE SOCKS. I WISH TO BE APPROPRIATELY ATTIRED WHEN I DEPART FROM THIS PLACE."

ON OCTOBER 26, MASHA WAS ESCORTED TO THE GALLOWS BEARING A PLACARD AFFIXED TO HER NECK THAT DECLARED: "WE ARE PARTISANS AND HAVE SHOT AT GERMAN TROOPS"—A CHARGE THAT WAS ENTIRELY FABRICATED, AS MASHA SERVED AS A NURSE RATHER THAN A COMBATANT. MASHA WAS EXECUTED BY HANGING THAT DAY AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN. THE MAJORITY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS SUBSEQUENTLY PERISHED DURING THE HOLOCAUST. HER REMAINS WERE LEFT SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE DAYS.

MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING.

REMEMBER MASHA BRUSKINA.

JACQUES BEHMOIRAS WAS BORN IN SOFIA, BULGARIA ON AUGUST 31, 1929. HE WAS THE SON OF JEWISH PARENTS IDA (NÉE ARDITTI) AND...
10/01/2026

JACQUES BEHMOIRAS WAS BORN IN SOFIA, BULGARIA ON AUGUST 31, 1929. HE WAS THE SON OF JEWISH PARENTS IDA (NÉE ARDITTI) AND SIMON BEHMOIRAS. DURING HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD, HIS FAMILY RELOCATED TO PARIS, FRANCE, WHERE THEY RESIDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY SETTLED IN NICE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, ESTABLISHING THEIR RESIDENCE AT 47 RUE DE MARÉCHAL JOFFRE. JACQUES, HIS MOTHER, HIS GRANDFATHER, AND HIS TWO UNCLES WERE APPREHENDED FROM THEIR HOME ON DECEMBER 13, 1943. ON DECEMBER 17, THEY WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ.

JACQUES AND HIS UNCLES WERE ASSIGNED TO FORCED LABOR DUTIES WITHIN AUSCHWITZ, WHEREAS HIS MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE DIRECTED TO THE GAS CHAMBERS. JACQUES PERISHED FROM THE SEVERE CONDITIONS OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP IN MARCH OF 1944. HE WAS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. HIS UNCLES SURVIVED THE WAR.

MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING.

REMEMBER JACQUES BEHMOIRAS.

HELGA DEEN WAS BORN IN STETTIN, GERMANY, ON APRIL 6, 1925. SHE WAS OF JEWISH FAITH, THE DAUGHTER OF KÄTHE AND W***Y DEEN...
10/01/2026

HELGA DEEN WAS BORN IN STETTIN, GERMANY, ON APRIL 6, 1925. SHE WAS OF JEWISH FAITH, THE DAUGHTER OF KÄTHE AND W***Y DEEN. SHE POSSESSED A YOUNGER BROTHER NAMED KLAUS.

PRIOR TO 1940, HELGA AND HER FAMILY RELOCATED TO THE NETHERLANDS, ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES IN THE TOWN OF TILBURG. THEIR RESIDENCE WAS LOCATED AT PELGRIMSWEG 45. HELGA DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND PASSION FOR PIANO AND DRAWING.

ON APRIL 1, 1943, HELGA AND HER FAMILY WERE APPREHENDED AND TRANSPORTED TO CAMP VUGHT. DURING HER INTERNMENT AT CAMP VUGHT, HELGA COMPOSED SEVERAL LETTERS AND A DIARY ADDRESSED TO HER BOYFRIEND, KEES VAN DEN BERG. HER WRITINGS DOCUMENTED HER ANGUISH, HER RESILIENCE, AND THE ATROCITIES SHE OBSERVED WITHIN THE CAMP. IN EARLY JULY 1943, SHE WAS TRANSFERRED ONCE MORE. HER FINAL CORRESPONDENCE TO HER BELOVED CONTAINED THE WORDS: "DEAR, DEAR BOY, LET YOUR THOUGHTS AND DESIRES CROSS MINE."

ON JULY 16, 1943, SHE, ALONG WITH HER PARENTS AND BROTHER, WERE EXECUTED AT THE SOBIBÓR EXTERMINATION CAMP. HELGA WAS MERELY EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. HER KEES ENDURED THE WAR AND PRESERVED HER DIARY AND LETTERS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME. HIS SON SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THEM. THESE WRITINGS WERE MADE PUBLIC IN 2007, SIXTY-TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THEIR COMPOSITION.

MAY HELGA'S MEMORY SERVE AS A BLESSING.

RAPHAEL ALTMANN WAS BORN IN BERLIN ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1937. HE WAS JEWISH, THE SON OF KURT AND GRIETJE ALTMANN. HIS MOTHER...
10/01/2026

RAPHAEL ALTMANN WAS BORN IN BERLIN ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1937. HE WAS JEWISH, THE SON OF KURT AND GRIETJE ALTMANN. HIS MOTHER WAS DUTCH AND HIS FATHER WAS GERMAN. HE WAS THE OLDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. WHEN HE WAS STILL A BABY, HIS PARENTS FLED THE N**I REGIME IN GERMANY AND SETTLED IN DEN HAAG, THE NETHERLANDS.

IN DEN HAAG, RAPHAEL'S LITTLE BROTHER, MARTIJN, WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 5, 1940. THE FAMILY SUBSEQUENTLY RELOCATED TO ZEIST, WHERE THEY RESIDED AT P.C. HOOFTLAAN 64. IN 1942, ANOTHER INFANT WAS BORN TO THE FAMILY.

BY THIS TIME, THE N**IS HAD INVADED THE NETHERLANDS AND HAD ALREADY BEEN DEPORTING THOUSANDS OF JEWS TO THE DEATH CAMPS. RECOGNIZING THIS THREAT, RAPHAEL'S PARENTS DECIDED TO GO INTO HIDING. UNFORTUNATELY, YOUNG RAPHAEL AND MARTIJN HAD TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AND THE BABY, WHO WERE CONCEALING THEMSELVES IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

RAPHAEL AND MARTIJN WERE BETRAYED IN EARLY MARCH OF 1944. ON MARCH 26, 1944, EXACTLY EIGHTY-ONE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE MURDERED IN THE GAS CHAMBERS OF AUSCHWITZ. THEY HAD NO FAMILY ACCOMPANYING THEM. RAPHAEL WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD. MARTIJN WAS THREE.

THEIR PARENTS AND BABY BROTHER SURVIVED THE WAR. THEIR SISTER, SOPHIA, WAS BORN IN 1949 AND IS STILL ALIVE. MAY RAPHAEL AND MARTIJN'S MEMORIES BE BLESSINGS.

REMEMBER RAPHAEL ALTMANN.
REMEMBER MARTIJN ALTMANN.

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