The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…

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Today's 12c bike ride was a short gentle, low geared effort, running interference for Sandra as she eases her painful knee back into cycling.

21 March 1943 | Three Roma babies were born in Auschwitz II-Birkenau: August Gross (Z-4901), Rigo Heilig (Z-4902) & Franziska Steinbach (Z-1823). They shared the tragic fate of 387 Roma children born in the camp. --- Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: 🎧: https://bit.ly/4pIRyEJ 📖: https://bit.ly/44EVuxY

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20 March 1913 | A Polish Jewish woman, Maria Szenker, was born in Kraków. She was a clerk. In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942. No. 6842 She perished in the camp on 19 August 1942. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

20 March 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Anna Baumová, was born in Zalužany. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

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19 March 1910 | A Pole, Kazimierz Lewiński, was born in Brody. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. Camp no. 33145 He was shot on 25 May 1942. --- ▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

Dentist this morning. Not my fave thing (even as a former dentist) but I park in the grounds of a ruined chateau and it's a gorgeous route there and back,by bike or car. So not so bad.

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He has been trying to bring this stick inside, but getting a firm rejection!

First coat on the base done. Sanding and degreasing the back while that dries.

Today's 12c bike ride (still unaccompanied by Sandra - who still has a sore knee so doing a curtailed route) was lightened by a neighbour from the next village stopping (and holding up traffic) to tell me he'd passed Sandra and she was just ahead.

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17 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Barnett Greenman, was born in Rotterdam. In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

17 March 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Gerard Levy, was born in Paris. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

It looks like the right colour! Few more things to get before I can start.

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17 March 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Michel Erdelyi, was born in Rouen. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 13 February 1943 in a transport of 998 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 802 people murdered after selection in a gas chambers.

16 March 1920 | A Pole, Heliodor Wystub, was born in Chorzów. In #Auschwitz from 25 January 1941. No. 9520 He perished in the camp on 16 March 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

When we were in Scotland last week, a dear friend, who knows we are getting back into vinyl, let us help ourselves to any discs we wanted before he gets rid of his collection. Ain't that kind?

Getting ready.

Today's bike ride was to pick up my leather repair kit from the poste relais. First rule of living in France - check the supermarket is open on a Monday. It wasn't. 😄

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Safely home. 2 tanks of fuel for just under 2500km. From Edinburgh managed 1145km before warning light on. Passat behaved faultlessly, quiet & quick, bit fly-spattered but only one windscreen stone chip to be annoyed at. New pet hate. Being on radar cruise, someone overtakes then slows up. Aargh!

Wow! Diesel €2.495 a litre at Baie de Somme. Thankfully not needing it yet!

Shmooove!

Obligatory photo

On the way home.

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14 March 1902 | A Polish woman, Józefa Frąckowiak, was born. In #Auschwitz from 16 July 1942. No. 8731 She perished in the camp on 5 October 1942. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

14 March 1943 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women & children arrived at Auschwitz from the liquidated ghetto in Krakow. During the selection SS doctors decided that 484 men & 24 women would be registered in the camp. The remaining - probably 1,492 people - were murdered in gas chamber II.

Not a bad trip down so far, but M6 toll.....you're having a laugh!

14 March 1927 | A Czech Jew. Hanuš Brod. was born. On 27 July 1942 he and his mother, Olga, were imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and on 15 December 1943 they were deported to #Auschwitz. They did not survive. --- Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto at Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

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13 March 1922 | Józef Szajna was born in Rzeszów. In ##Auschwitz from 25 July 1941 No. 18729 In August 1943, he unsuccessfully tried to escape. In January 1944 transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived; Scenographer, theater director, painter https://culture.pl/en/artist/jozef-szajna

Had to drive through the centre of Edinburgh today. Mostly 20mph, some 30. 3rd or 4th gear. Car didn't complain. Was I much slower than before? Nope. Way too many cars though.

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Wee french country mouse finding the suburbs of Edinburgh so interesting.