Auschwitz MemorialDec 16, 2022

60,000+ followers here!

Thank you.

We have been here a month and we are still learning the Mastodon language.

The feedback about our posts would be much appreciated.

Do we publish to much or too little?

Is there any type of information or content you would like to see more?

Any advice regarding our activity?

Any ideas for some more interaction with the fediverse community?

Any accounts we should follow?

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Show threadTamar Yellin

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons Because the Mastodon feed is chronological, it might make sense to space out posts a bit so people don't get overwhelmed if a few things post right after each other.

Also, as the granddaughter of an Auschwitz survivor, thank you for all that you do to educate and keep the victims' memories alive.

Dec 16, 2022 at 8:41pmWeb
Show threadAuschwitz MemorialDec 16, 2022

@TamarYellin @histodons We try to spread posts during the day, but until we will have possibility to schedule posts, it may happen sometimes.

Thank you for the kind words. Can you tell us a bit about the survival story?

Show threadTamar YellinDec 16, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum @histodons My grandma grew up in the Carpathians of Eastern Czechoslovakia (now in Ukraine). She was 8 when the Hungarians took over and then things just kept getting worse. I believe they were deported to Auschwitz in 1944; she & her sister survived (Mengele himself made the call) but her parents and oldest brother were killed immediately. Another brother survived by joining the partisans and later worked with the Russians b/c of all the languages he knew. /1
Show threadTamar YellinDec 16, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum @histodons
At the end of the war she and her sister were forced on the death marches. Nearby shelling caused her to develop hearing loss later in life. The Nazis eventually abandoned their group and I think she and her sister were taken in by a Czech family that they came across, who sheltered them. Eventually they made their way to a DP camp and then to Prague. /2
Show threadTamar YellinDec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons
They reunited with the surviving brother by chance in Prague after the war & all 3 immigrated to the US (her sister was a US war bride) I think in '46.

My mom and uncle said she didn't talk about her experience growing up (although her sister did speak publicly to help educate), though later in life she did tell us stories here and there. She also gave her video testimony as part of the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3oW61X1wu4
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Jewish Survivor Elizabeth Wees Testimony

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Show threadAuschwitz MemorialDec 17, 2022
@TamarYellin Thank you so much for sharing the story.