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NameRoleSexDate of birthDate of deathCityCountryProfessionEnd
1 Bem, Esther [Edit]Victim
1931
YugoslaviaSurvived the war in Italy
She fled with her parents to a little village in Italy where she found refuge with farmers. On the advice of the local priest she told the authoritues they were Italian and resisted the hours of questioning by the SS. The identity they told the SS was noted in the records and they became the Taminos family.
2 Cassutto, Ernest [Edit]Victim
1 Dec 1919
Mar 1985
IndonesiaStudent.Survived the war.
Source http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/memorial/

The Jewish Cassutto went into hidding untill March 1944, was caught and forced to work for the Nazi's in the Rotterdam area. He was able to escape with the help of a friendly guard and the resistance, two days before the German's retreated.

3 Cohn, Paul [Edit]Victim
1924
GermanyProfessor.Paul became Astor Professor at University College London.
Source http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/Participant of the so called "Kindertransporte". Jewish children were transported from Germany to England in 1939. These transports were for children only, so the parents weren't allowed to join. Paul left Germany on May 21st, 1939 and went to a chickenfarm were he had to work.
4 Ginger [Edit]Victim
1924
United States
Source http://www.gingersdiary.com/As a seventeen year old girl Ginger wrote an eyewittness account of the bombardement on Hickam Field and Pearl Harbor.
5 Hillesum, Etty [Edit]Victim
15 Jan 1914
30 Nov 1943
MiddelburgNetherlandsLawyer and psycologist.Gassed in Auschwitz on November 30th 1943.
Source http://www.spd.dcu.ie/johnbcos/Hetty is a young Jewish woman, who doesn't want to go into hiding. In July 1942 she went to Westerbork camp (at her own request). In June 1943 she was placed indefenite in Westerbork camp. On December 7th she, her parents and her brother were deported to Auschwitz were she was killed in the gas chamber.
6 Kor, Eva Mozes [Edit]Victim
1934
RomaniaStudent.Moved to the US.
Source http://www.auschwitz.dk/

Eva Mozes Kor and her identical twin, Miriam Mozes, survived the deadly genetic experiments conducted by The Angel of Death, Josef Mengele, in the deathcamp Auschwitz during 1944-1945. In 1950 Eva and Miriam received visas for Israel and went there.

7 Korczak, Janus (de) [Edit]Victim
22 Jul 1878
Aug 1942
WarschauPolandWriter, pediatrician,Killed in Treblinka on August 5th (?) 1942.
Source http://www.korczak.nl/Korczak (alias for Henryk Goldszmit) ran a orphanidge, of which the staff and children were deported by the nazi's on August 6th, 1942 to an "Umschlagplatz"., from where they were send to Treblinka. Two days later they were all gassed.
8 Lamoen [Edit]Victim
19 Dec 2027
neuengammeNetherlands
9 Lubbe, Marinus van der [Edit]Victim
13 Jan 1909
10 Jan 1934
LeidenNetherlandsBricklayer.Executed on 10th January, 1934.
Source http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/On 27th February the Reichstag caught fire. The police found van der Lubbe on the premises. After being tortured by the Gestapo he confessed to starting the Reichstag Fire. However he denies that he was part of a Communist conspiracy. Marinus van der Lubbe was found guilty of the Reichstag Fire and was executed on 10th January, 1934.
10 Mozes, Miriam [Edit]Victim
1934
RomaniaNurse.Died in 1993 from a rare form of cancer.
Source http://www.auschwitz.dk/

Eva Mozes Kor and her identical twin, Miriam Mozes, survived the deadly genetic experiments conducted by The Angel of Death, Mengele, in the deathcamp Auschwitz during 1944-1945. In 1950 Eva and Miriam received visas for Israel and went there.

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