Sylvain Melzer

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Sylvain Melzer

Sylvain was only 6 when he was sadly gassed to death in Auschwitz

Date & Place: circa 1939 in Mechelen, Antwerp County, Flanders Belgium

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Sylvain Melzer Apr 12, 1936 - Jan 18, 1943 Arrondissement Of Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium

Sylvain Melzer of Arrondissement of Mechelen, Flanders Belgium was born on April 12, 1936 in Antwerp, and died at age 6 years old on January 18, 1943 in Oświęcim, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Poland.

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