dissy40.bsky.social

dissy40.bsky.social

@dissy40.bsky.social

Trained in molecular immunology but now trading in whisky, brandy, gin, vodka and liqueur. Foodie and obsessed with the dog. Love 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 and 🇪🇺

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A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. ​An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. ​6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.

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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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20 August 1921 | German Jewish woman, Gisela Linder, was born in Berlin. She fled from Germany. On 8 September 1943 she was arrested in Borgo San Dalmazzo. On 7 December 1943 she was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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On this day in 1863, a Czech Jewish woman was born. A widow, on the 6 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt where she perished from severe malnutrition on the 28 Aug 1942 with her brother present. Her name was Johanna Hirschová

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16 August 1918 | A Norwegian Jewish woman, Edith Reichwald, was born in Haugesund. A ballet dancer. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 & was murdered in a gas chamber with her son Harry & mother-in-law Jeanette. Her husband Hans (deported in Nov 1942) perished in the camp.

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16 April 1940 | A German Sinti boy, Hans Rosenbach, was born in Egersdorf. In #Zigeunerlager (Gyspy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943. No Z-3261 He perished in the camp on 1 May 1943.

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On this day in 1924, a Jewish woman was born in Leipzig. Living in Czechoslovakia, on the 17 Dec 1941 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her family and 6 Sep 1943 to Auschwitz where they, other than her father, perished. Her name was Ellen Calmanovičová Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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On this day in 1888, a Czech Jewish man was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his wife and son and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where they perished. His name was Hugo Hönigsfeld Please support @sobibor.org

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12 August 1910 | German Jew Werner Melchiker was born in Berlin. Despite being a former French Foreign Legionary, he was deported from Vernet-en-Arriège via Drancy to #Auschwitz where he arrived in a transport of 1 013 Jews on 6 September 1942. He did not survive.

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I was fortunate to spot this Great Blue Heron fishing along the banks of Central Park's Harlem Meer this morning. A gorgeous bird in a gorgeous setting! 😎😎😎 #Heron #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

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On this day in 1924, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 16 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her parents and siblings and on the 26 Jan 1943 to Auschwitz where they were most probably murdered on arrival. Her name was Věra Roubičková Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social 1/2

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On this day in 1898, a Czech Jewish man was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where he perished. His name was Bedřich Kohn Please support @sobibor.org

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On this day in 1916, a Jewish woman was born in the Sudetenland. Stateless and living in Prague, on the 31 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband. They both perished in the Shoah. Her name was Elisabetha Fuchsová

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On this day in 1896, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Marie Ecksteinová Please support @sobibor.org 1 / 2

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2/3 August 1944 | The Germans liquidated the so-called Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager - sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Some 4,300 children, women and men - the last Roma prisoners of the sector - were loaded onto trucks and driven to the gas chambers.

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2 August 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Jeannette Groenteman, (in the middle) was born in Amsterdam. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Lena and siblings Anne & John. All were probably murdered together in a gas chamber.

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On this day in 1901, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 21 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband and daughter 11. According to her surviving daughter, her mother and sister were murdered in Auschwitz. Her name was Irma Glaserová

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On this day in 1903, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and daughter (5) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she would have been murdered on arrival. Her name was Věra Eislerová Please support @sobibor.org

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British chemist Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to "see" the 3D structures of complex molecules. After 35 years of work, she solved the incredibly complex structure of insulin, 1969. She died #OTD in 1994. #WomenInSTEM

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On this day in 1902, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 10 Aug 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 20 Aug 1942 to the Riga Ghetto. They both perished in the Shoah. Her name was Marie Gansová

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Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

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On this day in 1868, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 2 Jul 1942, she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 22 Oct 1942 to Treblinka where it is most probable that she was murdered on arrival. Her name was Jana Feldmannová

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On this day in 1922, a Jewish woman was born in the Sudetenland. A clerk, on the 3 Nov 1941 she was deported from Prague to the Łódź Ghetto with her parents. They all perished in the Shoah. Her name was Ruth Adlerová

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On this day in 1944, a Scottish woman perished in Auschwitz. A carer of Jewish children, when offered the option of escape she replied 'if these children need me in times of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness.' Her name was Jane Haining @AuschwitzMuseum

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I would not wish harm on anyone, no matter their views. But do not expect me to mourn the death of someone who held the obnoxious, racist, sexist and homophobic views that Widdecombe did. As for the fawning vomit being spewed out by Farage to distract from his own mess…..that’s just disrespectful.