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Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (born 1923)

Historical image related to Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (born 1923) from February 19, 2016

Samuel Willenberg

Polish survivor of Treblinka (1923–2016)

Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo, was a Polish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer. He was a Sonderkommando at the Treblinka extermination camp and participated in the unit's planned revolt in August 1943. While 300 escaped, about 79 were known to survive the war.…
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