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.

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Every day I see your pictures and every day I think: What a terrible waste of talent and love and possibilities and beauty.
Lest we forget to treat the foreigners in our time the way their talents, love and beauty they deserve.

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