On this day in 1942, a 6 year old French Jewish girl was murdered in the gas chamber at Auschwitz. Her name was Denise Stiebel. Please support Auschwitz Memorial reach their goal of 2 million followers

3 September 1912 | A German Sinti woman, Rosa Groß, was born in Bochum. In #Zigeunlerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 12 March 1943. No. Z-2459 She perished in the camp on 18 July 1943.

In our podcast, the head of the Archives, Dr. Wojciech Płosa, talks about the history and significance of the collection of registration photos of prisoners. Listen: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7tJuIm… ApplePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/on-… YouTube: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

7 September 1902 | A Polish Jew, Trajtel Szklarz, was born in Siedlce. He emigrated to France. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 July 1942 in a transport of 827 Jews deported from Angers. He perished in the camp on 26 August 1942.

7 September 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Eva Adler, was born in Kisvárda. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

8 September 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Elinor Oettinger, was born in Hamburg. She emigrated to the Netherlands. Deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto & then to #Auschwitz where on 18 Oct 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Betti & brother Ralf.

9 September 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Kató Nisel, was born. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

ca. 9 September 1942 | Female prisoner functionaries together with SS guards battered 90 French Jewish women to death at the sub-camp of Auschwitz in Budy, which was the penal company for women. The penal company for women prisoners in Budy, about 7 km. from Oświęcim, was

Our online lesson takes a closer look at the story of experiments conducted at Auschwitz, including the sterilization of men and women, heredity research by Dr. Mengele, the effects of starvation disease, and the testing of new drugs. Go to the lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_medycyna_…

11 September 1924 | Slovak Jew, Rudolf Vrba (b. Walter Rosenberg), was born in Topoľčany. On 15 June 1942, he was deported to Majdanek from where after a few weeks he was transferred to Auschwitz. No. 44070 On 7 April 1944, he escaped from #Auschwitz together with Alfred

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12 September 1903 | Czech Jewish woman, Marie Borkowská, was born in Lipník nad Bečvou. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943. She did not survive.

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12 November 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Liane Minzer (or Münzer), was born in The Hague. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with her older sister Eva (in the picture: Eva (left), Liane (right)).

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?🧠 Amazing study published in nature based on 18 years of synchrotron research on #fossil teeth from an early Homo from Georgia. Congrats to University of Zurich Marcia Ponce de León @esrfsynchroton & the Georgian National Museum  #paleo

nature University of Zurich Marcia Ponce de León lightsources.org ESFRI_eu The findings published in nature point to extended childhood, paired with cultural transmission in three-generation groups as a possible spark for the growth of larger brains in humans.

nature University of Zurich Marcia Ponce de León lightsources.org ESFRI_eu This @nature study, based on 18 years of research, demystifies the role of large brains for the evolution of a long childhood, suggesting instead that the long childhood together with the three-generation social structure eventually led to larger brains.

Interesting article. I could add that human genetics should issue a statement recognizing that twin studies prove nothing about possible genetic influences on human behavioral differences. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ha…

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