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A library patron, noticing our Pride month book display: "I don't approve of this." "Well, good news. After much discussion we decided that you're not required to check out any of those books."

4 June 1941 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Rene Spiner, was born in Antwerp. In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

5 June 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Gina Goldstein, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 13 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

5 June 1935 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Herman Eljakim Vleeschhouwer, was born in Rotterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 February 1944 in a transport of 1,015 Jews deported from Rotterdam. He was among 800 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

5 June 1933 | Dutch Jewish girl, Hilde Münz, was born in Heerlen. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

7 June 1933 | An Italian Jewish girl, Nedda Segrè, was born in Venice. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

On June 6, a federal judge denied a motion to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). ALA issued the following statement about the ruling. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoo…

8 June 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ludwig Wijnhausen, was born in Heerlen. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber.

8 June 1929 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Anna Bannet, was born in Rotterdam. She was arrested while trying to get to Switzerland. She was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz on 23 June 1943. She did not survive.

10 June 1940 | French Jewish girl Camille Himmelfarb was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 September 1942 in a transport of 1,003 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

11 June 1938 | French Jewish boy, Jacques Aizik Yamniak, was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 7 March 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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13 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Naomi Plattner, was born. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

16 June 1928 | A German Jewish boy, Hans Iakobson, was born in Güstrow. He was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

18 June 1934 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Sarika Kertesz, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Exploiting the Museum and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to sanitize “globalize the intifada” is outrageous and especially offensive to survivors. Since 1987 Jews have been attacked and murdered under its banner. All leaders must condemn its use and the abuse of history.

Yesterday, Zohran Mamdani defended contemporary calls to "globalize the intifada" by saying that the US Holocaust Museum used the word "intifada" in its Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The museum has now responded:

18 June 1930 | Belgian Jewish girl Irma Andrie Jeannette Speelman was born in Wenduine. During the war she lived in The Hague. She was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.