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Sami Adelsheimer

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Sami Adelsheimer

Birth
Manheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
15 Apr 1944 (aged 5)
Oświęcim, Powiat oświęcimski, Małopolskie, Poland
Burial
Oświęcim, Powiat oświęcimski, Małopolskie, Poland Add to Map
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Sami Adelsheimer was born on October 30, 1938 in Manheim, Germany. He was one of the 44 Jewish children of Izeiu, deported to Auschwitz Death Camp. Sami was just 5 years old.

"This is the story of the children of Izieu - but there are no happy endings. In 1944 the Nazis from Lyon sent three vehicles to the tiny French village to exterminate the children of the orphanage known as La Maison d'Izieu. Here 44 Jewish children in age from 3 to 18 were hidden away from the Nazi terror that surrounded them.

On the morning of April 6, 1944, as the children all settled down in the refectory to drink hot chocolate, the Nazis led by the Butcher of Lyon Klaus Barbie, raided the Home, throwing the crying and terrified children on to the trucks like sacks of potatoes.

The little children were deported to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz and murdered immediately upon arrival. Of the forty-four children kidnapped by the Nazis in Izieu, not a single one survived. Of the supervisors there was one sole survivor, twenty-seven year old Lea Feldblum.

Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, who brought Klaus Barbie to justice in 1983, later wrote: "Forty-four children deported - no mere statistic, but rather forty-four tragedies which continue to cause us pain ...""

source: http://www.izieu.com/index.htm
Sami Adelsheimer was born on October 30, 1938 in Manheim, Germany. He was one of the 44 Jewish children of Izeiu, deported to Auschwitz Death Camp. Sami was just 5 years old.

"This is the story of the children of Izieu - but there are no happy endings. In 1944 the Nazis from Lyon sent three vehicles to the tiny French village to exterminate the children of the orphanage known as La Maison d'Izieu. Here 44 Jewish children in age from 3 to 18 were hidden away from the Nazi terror that surrounded them.

On the morning of April 6, 1944, as the children all settled down in the refectory to drink hot chocolate, the Nazis led by the Butcher of Lyon Klaus Barbie, raided the Home, throwing the crying and terrified children on to the trucks like sacks of potatoes.

The little children were deported to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz and murdered immediately upon arrival. Of the forty-four children kidnapped by the Nazis in Izieu, not a single one survived. Of the supervisors there was one sole survivor, twenty-seven year old Lea Feldblum.

Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, who brought Klaus Barbie to justice in 1983, later wrote: "Forty-four children deported - no mere statistic, but rather forty-four tragedies which continue to cause us pain ...""

source: http://www.izieu.com/index.htm

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  • Added: Jun 9, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211149870/sami-adelsheimer: accessed ), memorial page for Sami Adelsheimer (30 Oct 1938–15 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211149870, citing Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oświęcim, Powiat oświęcimski, Małopolskie, Poland; Maintained by Lydia (contributor 48710393).