On a positive note, let's hear it for Merry Clayton, the Black woman and gospel artist whose powerful vocals really *made* the Stones' "Gimme Shelter".
14 July 1931 | An Italian Jewish girl, Eleonora Pergola, was born in Rome.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943 in a transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome. She was among 893 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
11 July 1883 | A Czech Jew, Emanuel Matzner, was born in Strážovice.
In #Auschwitz from 30 June 1942.
No. 43793
He perished in the camp on 22 July 1942.
11 July 1940 | A German Jewish girl, Reha Raphael, was born in Berlin.
In May 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
8 July 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Charles Bernat, was born in Paris.
In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
5 July 1934 | A French Jewish girl, Jacqueline Rajter, was born in Villerupt.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
4 July 1944 | A transport of 1,100 Jews deported from Drancy - men, women & children - arrived at #Auschwitz. After selection 398 men & 223 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 479 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
Among them was Annie Dirnfeld (b. May 1942)
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