13 December 1943 | A French Jewish boy Leon Herbstman was born in Vichy.
On 13 April 1944, he was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz in a group of 1,500 Jews. On 16 April 1944, he was murdered in a gas chamber together with his mom Frida and father Henri.
He was 4 months old.
Listen to our podcast about the fate of children at Auschwitz:: https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-8-Children-at-Auschwitz-e16t4gh?fbclid=IwAR1zO8Gi3iPBhv-L7JxfOAGGzH9-pF2d-jqNMmgGsYNjEscV3CoYURDYZMY
@auschwitzmuseum Leon would have turned 78 today, if he hadn't been murdered by the Nazis. This evil is not that far away in time.