Auschwitz Memorial

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Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.

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13 October 1904 | A Jewish woman, Ajdla Jabłonkiewicz, was born in Sulejów. In 1925 she emigrated to Belgium.

Deported to #Auschwitz from Mechelen with her daughter Sarah on 8 September 1942. They were probably murdered in a gas chamber on 10 September 1942 after selection.

Vintage sepia-toned portrait of a woman looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
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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 1942.
Stein was beatified in 1987 and canonized in October 1998.

Black and white portrait of Edith Stein seated with hands clasped, wearing a dark blouse and a wristwatch, looking directly at the camera.Black and white photo of Edith Stein wearing a traditional Carmelite religious habit, featuring a solemn facial expression.Text document about Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein). It details her life, from being a German Jew and doctor of philosophy to becoming a Carmelite nun. She worked on the works of St. John of the Cross and studied the situation of Jewish citizens in the Netherlands during World War II. Edith was eventually arrested and sent to Auschwitz, perishing there in 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1987 and canonized her in 1998. She became one of the six patron saints of Europe a year later.
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