2 February 1925 | A German Jew, Esra Jurovics, was born in Berlin.

He arrived in #Auschwitz in November 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Mechelen / Malines in occupied Belgium (number unknown).
He perished in the camp on 29 January 1943

In the 1930s, Esra fled to the Netherlands and found refuge in the Loosdrechtsche Rade Pavilion, a group of German-speaking Jewish youths who had fled to the Netherlands after 1938 were staying. They were known as aliyah youth or Palestine pioneers.

During the war, after the first pioneers were called up in 1942, a hiding place was found for all pioneers from Loosdrecht. Esra had gone into hiding with a farmer in Nijehorne.

The group had gotten in touch with a smugglers organisation that was going to let a group of Jews escape to Switzerland. Some Loosdrecht youth were able to join them.

Esra left for Switzerland in October 1942. After crossing the Belgian border, this group was taken directly to the Gestapo in Brussels. All members of the group, including Esra, were put on transport from Mechelen to Auschwitz on 31 October 1942.