27 January 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp. Until Red Army soldiers liberated about 7 thousand prisoners still at the camp, the German Nazis had murdered approx. 1.1 million people in Auschwitz, mostly Jews, but also Poles, the Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and people of other nationalities.
Between 10 August 1942 and October 1944, the Themar residents identified in the poster, were deported to Auschwitz and murdered.
In addition, forty-eight (48) men, women, and children related to Themar’s Jewish families were deported to Auschwitz. Only one — Otto Baer, b. 1895 in Themar — survived.
On 1 February 2025, Themar trifft Europa is hosting a commemorative event:
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“On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp 80 years ago, the association “Themar meets Europe” would like to invite you to the following event: Saturday, February 1, 2 p.m. at the Themar Amtshaus for a film screening “They were Themarers” (documentary 2013, approx. 30 min) followed by a tour with explanations at the places where the Stolpersteine were laid to commemorate our former Jewish fellow citizens of Themar.
See as well:
“Themar’s Jewish Families & Auschwitz, 1942-1945”
“1945: 75 Years since the Liberation of Auschwitz.”