Settela Steinbach | |
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Born | Anna Maria Steinbach December 23, 1934 |
Died | July 31, 1944 | (aged 9)
Nationality | Dutch |
Other names | The girl with the headdress |
Anna Maria (Settela) Steinbach (23 December 1934, Buchten – 31 July 1944) was a Dutch girl who was gassed in Nazi Germany's Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Initially identified as a Dutch Jew, her personal identity and association with the Sinti group of the Romani people were discovered in 1994.