8 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Helene Akar, was born in Bar-le-Duc.

In August 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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At 16, rue Dom-Ceillier, in Bar-le-Duc, there is now a plaque on the facade of the house. A plaque to remind us that the Akars lived here. A plaque to remember that they perished in the Nazi camps.
It is no coincidence that the city chose to inaugurate it on Jan 27, this date corresponds to the liberation of the Auschwitz camp 78 years ago, where Madeleine Akar, née Bickart, died on April 18, 1944 at the age of 36, like her five children: Jeanne (12 years old) /contd
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Lise (9 years old), Hélène (6 years old), Jean (almost 3 years old) and Francine (4 months old). As well as her brother-in-law Lazare André (46 years old). All in the gas chambers. Georges, the father, born on December 27, 1902, died in Mauthausen on March 20, 1945.
(Source - https://www.estrepublicain.fr/politique/2023/01/27/ils-s-appelaient-akar-et-c-est-juste-de-leur-rendre-hommage )
Bar-le-Duc. Ils s’appelaient Akar et c’est juste de leur rendre hommage

La plaque apposée sur la façade d’une maison de Bar-le-Duc et dévoilée ce vendredi honore cette famille juive qui a péri dans les camps nazis. ...

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I cannot help to be struck by the horror and unhumanity exercised by the Nazi regime.
The images shared by the Auschwitz Museum are each a brief summary to story of life and family.