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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel 1928 2016 Romanian writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal 1908 2005 Austrian Jewish Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal
Israel Shahak Israel Shahak 1933 2001 Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor, an intellectual of liberal political bent, and a civil-rights advocate and activist on behalf of both Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shahak
Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt 1906 1975 null political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt
Primo Levi Primo Michele Levi 1919 1987 Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Jewish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo_Levi
Tom Lantos Thomas Peter Lantos 1928 2008 null Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos
Mel Mermelstein Mel Mermelstein 1926 2022 Czechoslovak Holocaust survivor and autobiographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Mermelstein
Dario Gabbai David Dario Gabbai 1922 2020 Greek Sephardi Jew and Holocaust survivor, notable for his role as a member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Gabbai
Filip Müller Filip Müller 1922 2013 Slovak Jewish Holocaust survivor and Sonderkommando at Auschwitz, the largest Nazi German concentration camp during World War II, where he witnessed the murders of tens of thousands of people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Müller
Jankiel Wiernik Jankiel (Yankel, Yaakov 1889 1972 Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who was an influential figure in the Treblinka extermination camp resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jankiel_Wiernik
Jakob Rosenfeld Jakob Rosenfeld 1903 1952 null Holocaust survivor and urologist who fled to Shanghai, China due to the repression he faced in Austria, which had been annexed by Nazi Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Rosenfeld
Aliyah Bet Aliyah Bet null null null code name given to illegal immigration by Jews, most of whom were refugees escaping from Nazi Germany, and later Holocaust survivors, to Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and 1948, in violation of the restrictions laid out in the British White Paper of 1939, which dramatically increased between 1939 and 1948 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah_Bet
Irene Zisblatt Irene Zisblatt null null null Carpathian Mountains-born American Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Zisblatt
Jacob Rosenberg Jacob G. Rosenberg 1922 2008 null author and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Rosenberg
Ruth Westheimer Karola Ruth Westheimer 1928 n/a German sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer
Dina Babbitt Annemarie Dina Babbitt 1923 2009 null artist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Babbitt
Eva Schloss Eva Schloss, MBE 1929 n/a Austrian Holocaust survivor, memoirist and stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Schloss
Gena Turgel Gena Turgel 1923 2018 Polish Jewish author, educator, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gena_Turgel
Liliana Segre Liliana Segre 1930 n/a Italian Holocaust survivor, named Senator for life by President Sergio Mattarella in 2018 for outstanding patriotic merits in the social field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliana_Segre
Ernest Mandel Ernest Ezra Mandel 1923 1995 Belgian Marxian economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Mandel
Yisrael Kristal Yisrael Kristal 1903 2017 Polish supercentenarian recognized in 2014 as the oldest living Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Kristal
Jack Tramiel Jack Tramiel 1928 2012 American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
Judah Samet Judah Samet 1938 n/a null businessman, speaker, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Samet
Sidney Shachnow Sidney Shachnow null null American Jewish Holocaust survivor who attained the rank of major general in United States Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shachnow
Frank Blaichman Frank Blaichman 1922 2018 Polish Jewish leader of a communist armed organization during World War II and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blaichman
Sh'erit ha-Pletah Sh'erit ha-Pletah null null null Hebrew term for Jewish Holocaust survivors living in Displaced Persons (DP) camps, and the organisations they created to act on their behalf with the Allied authorities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh'erit_ha-Pletah
Samuel Pisar Samuel Pisar 1929 2015 Polish lawyer, author, and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pisar
Szymon Datner Szymon Datner 1902 1989 Polish historian, Holocaust survivor and underground operative from Białystok, best known for his studies of the Nazi war crimes and events of The Holocaust in the Białystok region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Datner
Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld 1932 2018 Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon_Appelfeld
Paul Schaffer Paul Schaffer 1924 2020 Austrian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schaffer
Jules Schelvis Jules Schelvis 1921 2016 Dutch Jewish historian, writer, printer, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis
Adolf Burger Adolf Burger 1917 2016 Slovak Jewish typographer, memoir writer, and Holocaust survivor involved in Operation Bernhard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Burger
Henryk Mandelbaum Henryk Mandelbaum 1922 2008 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Mandelbaum
Sabina Citron Sabina Citron 1928 n/a null Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina_Citron
Yehiel De-Nur Yehiel De-Nur 1909 2001 null Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, whose books were inspired by his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
Nedo Fiano Nedo Fiano 1925 2020 Italian Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedo_Fiano
Thomas Blatt Thomas "Toivi" Blatt 1927 2015 null Holocaust survivor, writer of mémoires, and public speaker, who at the age of 16 escaped from the Sobibór extermination camp during the uprising staged by the Jewish prisoners in October 1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blatt
Shaul Ladany Shaul Paul Ladany 1936 n/a Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaul_Ladany
Alex Hershaft Alex Hershaft null null American animal rights activist, Holocaust survivor, and co-founder and president of the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), the nation's oldest (1976) organization devoted exclusively to promoting the rights of animals not to be raised for food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hershaft
Violeta Friedman Violeta Friedman 1930 2000 null Jewish Holocaust survivor turned author born in Marghita, Transylvania, Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Friedman
Samuel Willenberg Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo 1923 2016 Polish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Willenberg
Alice Lok Cahana Alice Lok Cahana 1929 2017 Hungarian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Lok_Cahana
Pierre Sauvage Pierre Sauvage null null null French/American documentary filmmaker and lecturer, who was a child survivor of the Holocaust and a child of Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sauvage
Hajo Meyer Hajo Meyer 1924 2014 German physicist, Holocaust survivor and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajo_Meyer
Marcel Adams Marcel Adams 1920 2020 Canadian real estate investor, billionaire, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Adams
Harry Wald Harry Wald 1924 1996 German Holocaust survivor, World War II veteran, and casino executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wald
Nakam Nakam (, 'Revenge') null null null group of about fifty Holocaust survivors who, in 1945, sought to kill Germans and Nazis in revenge for the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakam
Ben Helfgott Sir Ben Helfgott 1929 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor and former champion weightlifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Helfgott
Coco Schumann Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann 1924 2018 German jazz musician and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Schumann
Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper Marianne "Janny" (or "Jannie") Brandes-Brilleslijper 1916 2003 Dutch Holocaust survivor and one of the last people to see Anne Frank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janny_Brandes-Brilleslijper
David P. Boder David Pablo Boder 1886 1961 Latvian professor of psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology who traveled in 1946 to Europe to record interviews with Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_P._Boder
Frida Michelson Frida Michelson 1906 1982 Latvian Jew and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Michelson
Curt Lowens Curt Lowens 1925 2017 German actor of the stage and in feature films and television, as well as a Holocaust survivor and a rescuer who saved about 150 Jewish children during the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Lowens
Rudolf Reder Rudolf Reder a.k.a. Roman Robak 1881 1977 null one of only two Holocaust survivors of the Bełżec extermination camp who testified about his experience after the war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Reder
H. G. Adler Hans Günther Adler 1910 1988 German language poet, novelist, scholar, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Adler
Olga Horak Olga Horak 1926 n/a null Czechoslovakian-born Australian author and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Horak
Rachel Margolis Rachel Margolis 1921 2015 null Holocaust survivor, partisan, biologist and Holocaust historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Margolis
Ruth Klüger Ruth Klüger 1931 2020 null Professor Emerita of German Studies at the University of California, Irvine and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Klüger
Sergiu Dan Sergiu Dan 1903 1976 Romanian novelist, journalist, Holocaust survivor and political prisoner of the communist regime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergiu_Dan
Henry Orenstein Henry Orenstein 1923 2021 Polish Jewish-American toymaker, professional poker player, entrepreneur and Holocaust survivor who resided in Verona, New Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Orenstein
Hedy Epstein Hedy Epstein 1924 2016 German Jewish-American political activist and Holocaust survivor known for her support of the Palestinian cause through the International Solidarity Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Epstein
Chava Rosenfarb Chava Rosenfarb 1923 2011 null Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author of Yiddish poetry and novels, a major contributor to post-World War II Yiddish Literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chava_Rosenfarb
Dan Pagis Dan Pagis 1930 1986 Israeli poet, lecturer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Pagis
Jiří Weil Jiří Weil 1900 1959 Czech Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiří_Weil
Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg 1913 2001 Polish Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film Schindler's List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poldek_Pfefferberg
Joseph Friedenson Joseph Friedenson 1922 2013 null Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer, and editor of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedenson
Kitty Hart-Moxon Kitty Hart-Moxon, OBE 1926 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hart-Moxon
Edgar Hilsenrath Edgar Hilsenrath 1926 2018 German Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Hilsenrath
Rokhl Auerbakh Rokhl Auerbakh 1903 1976 Israeli writer, essayist, historian, Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokhl_Auerbakh
George Brady (Holocaust survivor) George Jiri Brady 1928 2019 null Holocaust survivor of both Theresienstadt (Terezín) and Auschwitz (Oświęcim, Poland), who became a businessman in Canada and was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brady_(Holocaust_survivor)
Edith Bruck Edith Bruck 1932 n/a Hungarian writer, director and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Bruck
Selma Engel-Wijnberg Selma Engel-Wijnberg 1922 2018 null one of only two Dutch Jewish Holocaust survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Engel-Wijnberg
Cordelia Edvardson Cordelia Maria Edvardson 1929 2012 German journalist, author and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordelia_Edvardson
Zahava Burack Zahava Burack 1932 2001 null Jewish Holocaust survivor from Poland who went on to become a well-known philanthropist, community leader and political activist in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahava_Burack
Martin Gray (writer) Martin Gray 1922 2016 null Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the West, and published books in French about his experiences during World War II, in which his family was killed in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gray_(writer)
Margit Feldman Margit Buchhalter Feldman 1929 2020 Hungarian public speaker, educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margit_Feldman
Ladislaus Löb Ladislaus Löb 1933 2021 null writer, translator, Holocaust survivor, scholar of the literature and drama of the German Enlightenment and Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Sussex in England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_Löb
Trudi Birger Trudi Birger 1927 2002 null German-born, Israeli-nationalized writer, biologist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudi_Birger
Marthe Cohn Marthe Hoffnung Cohn 1920 n/a French author, nurse, former spy and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Cohn
Alfred Tibor Alfred Tibor 1920 2017 null Holocaust survivor and sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tibor
Jacob Avigdor Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Avigdor 1896 1967 Polish rabbi, author and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Avigdor
Henri Kichka Henri Kichka 1926 2020 Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor who was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Kichka
Hilda Eisen Hilda Eisen 1917 2017 Polish businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Eisen
Erna de Vries Erna de Vries 1923 2021 German Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_de_Vries
Irene Lieblich Irene Lieblich 1923 2008 Polish artist and Holocaust survivor noted for illustrating the books of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer and for her paintings highlighting Jewish life and culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Lieblich
Alexander Donat Alexander Donat 1905 1983 null Holocaust survivor imprisoned at the Lodz Ghetto and several Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II. After the war, Donat, a chemist by training and journalist by profession, emigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Donat
Maurice Frankenhuis Maurice Frankenhuis 1894 1969 Dutch Jewish businessman, historian, researcher, author, collector, numismatist, Holocaust survivor, and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Frankenhuis
Eva Clarke Eva Olga Clarke 1945 n/a British Holocaust survivor and former college administrator known for her birth at Mauthausen concentration camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Clarke
Tilhas Tizig Gesheften Tilhas Teezee Gesheften null null null name of a group of Jewish Brigade members formed immediately following World War II. Under the guise of British military activity, this group engaged in the assassination of Nazis and SS conspirators, facilitated the illegal emigration of Holocaust survivors to Mandatory Palestine, and smuggled weaponry for the Haganah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilhas_Tizig_Gesheften
Salomon Isacovici Salomon Isacovici 1924 1998 null Jewish Holocaust survivor who became a writer and businessman in Ecuador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Isacovici
Natalia Karp Natalia Karp 1911 2007 Polish concert pianist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Karp
Ruth Minsky Sender Ruth Minsky Senderowicz 1926 n/a null Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Minsky_Sender
Joseph Wilf Joseph Wilf 1925 2016 Polish businessman, Holocaust survivor, and the co-founder of Garden Homes, one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wilf
Miriam Akavia Miriam Akavia also Matylda Weinfeld 1927 2015 Polish writer and translator, a Holocaust survivor, and the president of the Platform for Jewish-Polish Dialogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Akavia
Margot Heuman Margot Heuman 1928 n/a German Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Heuman
Leo Bretholz Leo Bretholz 1921 2014 null Holocaust survivor who, in 1942, escaped from a train heading for Auschwitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Bretholz
Halina Birenbaum Halina Birenbaum 1929 n/a null Holocaust survivor, writer, poet, translator and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halina_Birenbaum
Renée Firestone Renée Firestone 1924 n/a null Holocaust survivor and educator, who became known for her fashion designs in the 1960s after she immigrated to the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renée_Firestone
Josef Rosensaft Josef Rosensaft 1911 1975 null Holocaust survivor who led the community of Jewish displaced persons (Sh'erit ha-Pletah) through the establishment of a Central Committee of Liberated Jews that first served the interests of the refugees in Bergen-Belsen DP camp and then DP camps throughout the entire British sector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rosensaft
Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig 1925 2018 Polish Holocaust survivor who was interned during World War II at the Płaszów concentration camp where she was forced to work as a maid for SS camp commandant Amon Göth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Jonas-Rosenzweig
Miklos Kanitz Miklos Samual Kanitz 1939 2006 Hungarian Holocaust survivor living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miklos_Kanitz
Sigmund Strochlitz Sigmund Strochlitz 1916 2006 Polish Jewish entrepreneur, political activist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Strochlitz
Leslie Buck Leslie Buck 1922 2010 American business executive and Holocaust survivor who designed the Anthora coffee cup, which has become an iconic symbol of New York City since its introduction in the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Buck
Tauba Biterman Tauba Biterman 1917 1918 null Holocaust survivor from Zamość, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauba_Biterman
Elly Gross Elly Berkovits Gross 1929 n/a null Holocaust survivor and author of several Holocaust related books of poetry and prose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elly_Gross
Helga Hošková-Weissová Helga Hošková-Weissová 1929 n/a Czech artist, and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Hošková-Weissová
William Ungar William Ungar 1913 2013 Polish author, philanthropist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of the National Envelope Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ungar
Marco Feingold Marko M. Feingold 1913 2019 Austrian Holocaust survivor and centenarian, who served as the president of the Jewish community in Salzburg, and was in charge of Salzburg's synagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Feingold
Leslie Gonda Leslie Gonda 1919 2018 Hungarian businessman, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Gonda
Henri Landwirth Henri Landwirth 1927 2018 null hotelier, philanthropist, and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Landwirth
Silvia Gruner Silvia Gruner null null Mexican artist born to a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Gruner
Rudolf Gelbard Rudolf Gelbard 1930 2018 Austrian Holocaust survivor and political campaigner against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Gelbard
Ruth Posner Ruth Posner 1933 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor, former dancer and choreographer and is today an actress and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Posner
Sabina Wolanski Sabina Wolanski, married Sabina van der Linden-Wolanski 1927 2011 null Holocaust survivor and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina_Wolanski
Fanya Heller Fanya Gottesfeld Heller 1924 2017 null noted Holocaust survivor, author and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanya_Heller
Nina Graboi Nina Graboi 1918 1999 null Holocaust survivor, artist, writer, spiritual seeker, philosopher, and influential figure in the sixties psychedelic movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Graboi
Rose Van Thyn Rozette Lopes-Dias Van Thyn 1921 2010 null Holocaust survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Van_Thyn
William Herskovic William Herskovic 1914 2006 null Holocaust survivor and humanitarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herskovic
Lale Sokolov Ludwig ("Lali" or "Lale") Sokolov 1916 2006 Austrian businessman and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lale_Sokolov
Dov Freiberg Dov Freiberg 1927 2008 null Holocaust survivor, writer, and witness at the Eichmann trial and the Demjanjuk case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Freiberg
Herman Kahan Herman Kahan 1926 2020 Romanian businessman, rabbi, author, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahan
Janina David Janina Dawidowicz 1930 n/a null Holocaust survivor and a British writer and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_David
Emanuel Tanay Emanuel Tanay 1928 2014 Polish physician, a forensic psychiatrist, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Tanay
Simcha Holtzberg Simcha Holtzberg 1924 1994 Israeli activist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Holtzberg
Elliot Welles Elliot Welles 1927 2006 null Holocaust survivor who for more than two decades until his retirement in 2003, directed the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League's task force on Nazi war criminals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Welles
Jack Mandelbaum Jack Mandelbaum 1927 n/a null Holocaust survivor from the Free City of Danzig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Mandelbaum
Fred Wander Fred Wander 1917 2006 Austrian writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Wander
Alina Margolis-Edelman Alina Margolis-Edelman 1922 2008 Polish physician, Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, who was forced to flee Poland during a revival of anti-Semitism in Poland in 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Margolis-Edelman
Paul Ornstein Paul Hermann Ornstein 1924 2017 Hungarian psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ornstein
George Clare (writer) George Peter Clare 1920 2009 British author and Holocaust survivor who wrote Last Waltz in Vienna and Berlin Days, both autobiographies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clare_(writer)
Liana Millu Liana Millu 1914 2005 Italian Jewish journalist, World War II resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liana_Millu
Judith Kestenberg Judith Ida Kestenberg 1910 1999 null child psychiatrist who worked with Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Kestenberg
Ady Steg Adolphe Steg 1925 2021 Czechoslovak urologist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ady_Steg
Aranka Siegal Aranka Siegal 1930 n/a null writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranka_Siegal
Vilém Klíma Vilém Klíma 1906 1985 Czech electrical engineer and Holocaust survivor who developed a closed-form expression for the distribution factor of a symmetrical three-phase stator winding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilém_Klíma
Renee Bornstein Renee Bornstein null null French Holocaust survivor, living in Manchester, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_Bornstein
Anka Bergman Anka Bergman 1917 2013 Czech Holocaust survivor noted for giving birth to Eva Clarke whilst at Mauthausen concentration camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anka_Bergman
Hirsch Schwartzberg Hirsch Schwartzberg 1907 1987 null Jewish leader of Holocaust survivors under the American occupation of Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsch_Schwartzberg
Philip Bialowitz Philip Bialowitz 1925 2016 Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bialowitz
Karl Targownik Karl Kalman Targownik 1915 1996 null psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Targownik
Shony Alex Braun Sandor (Shony) Alex Braun 1930 2002 Hungarian (Romanian born) violinist, Holocaust survivor, classical composer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shony_Alex_Braun
Rachel Dror Rachel Dror 1921 n/a German Jewish teacher and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dror
Lily Ebert Lily Ebert 1923 n/a Hungarian Holocaust survivor, living in London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Ebert
Vera Friedländer Vera Friedländer 1928 2019 German writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Friedländer
David Shentow David Shentow 1925 2017 Belgian Holocaust survivor and educator, featured in Canadian films, books and articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shentow
Livia Bitton-Jackson Livia Bitton-Jackson 1931 n/a null author and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia_Bitton-Jackson
Rudy Kennedy Rudy Kennedy 1927 2008 British rocket scientist, Holocaust survivor, and a protester for Jewish causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Kennedy
Abe Rich Abe Rich 1926 2008 null wood craftsman and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Rich
Leo Holzer Leo Holzer 1902 1989 Austrian firefighter and Holocaust survivor best known for leading the fire brigade inside Theresienstadt concentration camp, which he used as a cover for resistance activities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Holzer
Boris Braun Boris Braun 1920 2018 Croatian University professor, Holocaust survivor and member of the Jewish community in Zagreb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Braun
Mark Dvorzhetski Mark Dvorzhetski 1908 1975 Israeli physician, historian and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dvorzhetski
Yehuda Nir Yehuda Nir 1930 2014 Polish Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist and author of The Lost Childhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Nir
Michael Matsas Michael Naoum Matsas 1930 n/a null Holocaust survivor and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matsas
Anne-Lise Stern Anne-Lise Stern 1921 2013 French psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Lise_Stern
Ernst Grube Ernst Grube 1932 n/a German teacher and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Grube
Kalman Aron Kalman Aron 1924 2018 null Holocaust survivor and artist, primarily known for his portraits and landscapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_Aron
Nesse Godin Nesse Godin (Galperin) 1928 n/a Lithuanian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesse_Godin
Riccardo Levi-Setti Riccardo Levi-Setti 1927 2018 Italian emeritus professor of physics and paleontology at the University of Chicago and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Levi-Setti
Marģers Vestermanis Marģers Vestermanis 1925 n/a Latvian Holocaust survivor, historian, founder and former director of the museum "Jews in Latvia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marģers_Vestermanis
Salomon Smolianoff Salomon Smolianoff 1899 1976 null Jewish counterfeiter and Holocaust survivor involved in Operation Bernhard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Smolianoff
Berthe Meijer Berthe Meijer 1938 2012 null Holocaust survivor and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthe_Meijer
Noach Flug Eliyahu Noach Flug 1925 2011 Israeli economist, diplomat and advocate for the rights of Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noach_Flug
Andreja Preger Andreja Preger 1912 2015 Austrian pianist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreja_Preger
Otto Adler Otto Adler null null null president of the Jewish Association of Romania, a Holocaust survivor and a polyglot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Adler
William Salcer William Zev Salcer 1924 n/a Slovak Jewish Holocaust survivor and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Salcer
Arnold Daghani Arnold Daghani 1909 1985 Romanian Jewish artist and writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Daghani
Amiel Shomrony Amiel Shomrony 1917 2009 Croatian Holocaust survivor, who served as secretary of Zagreb's chief rabbi Miroslav Šalom Freiberger during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiel_Shomrony
Rose Zar Rose Zar 1922 2001 null Holocaust survivor and human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Zar
Moshe Ha-Elion Moshe Ha-Elion null null null Holocaust survivor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Ha-Elion
Eva Galler Eva Galler 1924 2006 null Jewish Holocaust survivor, born in Oleszyce, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Galler
Beni Virtzberg Beni Virtzberg 1928 1968 Israeli forester, Holocaust survivor and writer who was among the first in Israel to write an autobiographical account of his experiences during and after the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beni_Virtzberg
Mark E. Kalmansohn Mark E. Kalmansohn null null American attorney who was a former prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice who hunted down and brought to justice Lucian Ludwig Kozminski, a Jewish Oberkapo convicted in 1982 of swindling some 3,000 of his fellow Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Kalmansohn
Walter Plywaski Walter Plywaski 1929 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the United States after World War II. He established a legal precedent allowing immigrants to the country to make a secular affirmation as an alternative to the Oath of allegiance and received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his role as a Holocaust educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Plywaski
Ernie Friedlander Ernie Friedlander 1935 n/a null Holocaust survivor, and is a notable Australian-Jewish activist working in the area of anti-racism and prejudice prevention, and runs the Moving Forward Together Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Friedlander
Lili Pohlmann Lili Stern-Pohlmann MBE 1930 2021 null Holocaust survivor and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Pohlmann
John Chillag John Chillag 1927 2009 Austrian Holocaust survivor and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chillag
Avraham Melamed Avraham Melamed 1921 2005 Israeli politician and Holocaust survivor who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Melamed
Macha Rolnikas Macha Rolnikas 1927 2016 Lithuanian writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha_Rolnikas
Hilde Sherman Hilde Sherman 1923 2011 German Holocaust survivor and memoirist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Sherman
Annette Muller Annette Muller 1933 2021 French writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Muller
Zev Birger Zev Birger 1926 2011 null founder of the Sons of Zion Organization that worked to preserve Hebrew culture and language during World War II. He was also active in Aliyah Bet (illegal immigration organization) that organized the immigration of Holocaust survivors to Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Birger
Alexander Lebenstein Alexander Lebenstein 1927 2010 German Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebenstein
Siegbert Einstein Siegbert Einstein 1889 1968 German Jewish politician, factory worker, civil servant,Buchauer Nachrichten, p.53 lawyer, Holocaust survivor,Buchauer Nachrichten, pp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegbert_Einstein
Eddy de Wind Eddy de Wind 1916 1987 Dutch Jewish physician, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_de_Wind
Eva Fastag Eva Fastag 1917 2021 Polish Holocaust survivor and resistant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Fastag
Else Blangsted Else Blangsted 1920 2020 German Jewish Holocaust survivor and cinematic music editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Blangsted
Herman Musaph Herman Musaph 1915 1992 Dutch Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Musaph
Samuel Herschel Schulman Samuel Herschel Schulman 1928 2019 null last surviving American crew member of the ship 1947, which tried to bring thousands of Holocaust survivors from Europe to Mandatory Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Herschel_Schulman
Piero Terracina Piero Terracina 1928 2019 Italian Jewish manager, Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Terracina
Alfred Kantor Alfred Kantor 1923 2003 Czech Holocaust survivor, artist and author of The Book of Alfred Kantor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kantor
Eva Tichauer Eva Tichauer 1918 2018 German Jewish doctor and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Tichauer
Josef Perl Josef Perl 1930 2018 null Holocaust survivor who dedicated twenty years of his life to educating people about the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Perl
Arnold Kohn Arnold Kohn 1905 1984 Croatian Zionist, longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Kohn
Gertrude Sandmann Gertrude Sandmann 1893 1981 German artist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Sandmann
Abraham Cykiert Abraham Cykiert 1926 2009 Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Cykiert
Jerzy Czarnecki Jerzy Czarnecki 1924 2007 null Jewish Holocaust survivor who became a nuclear engineer, expert in nuclear power stations and nuclear pollution control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Czarnecki
Walter Bingham (journalist) Walter Bingham 1924 n/a British journalist, actor, entrepreneur, Holocaust survivor and decorated World War II veteran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bingham_(journalist)
Hugo Princz Hugo Princz 1923 2001 null Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Princz
Eddy Wynschenk Eddy Wynschenk 1927 2003 null Holocaust survivor who became renowned throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond for sharing his story, frequently, at schools throughout Northern California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Wynschenk
Ursula Levy Ursula Levy 1935 2019 American author, child psychologist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Levy
Hetty Verolme Hetty Esther Verolme 1930 n/a Australian writer, educator and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Verolme
Robert Holczer Robert Holczer 1929 2017 null Holocaust survivor, teacher, and resident of Hungary, Israel, Germany, and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holczer
Germaine Poliakov Germaine Poliakov 1918 2020 null Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Poliakov
Gertrude Pressburger Gertrude Pressburger 1927 2021 Austrian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Pressburger
Yosef Kleinman Yosef Zalman Kleinman 1930 2021 null Slovakian Holocaust survivor, who testified against Adolf Eichmann at his trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Kleinman
Greta Beer Greta Georgia Beer 1921 2020 null Romanian Jew who advocated the rights of thousands of other Holocaust survivors and their families, who collectively lost millions in assets during World War II. Her work culminated in a lawsuit against Swiss banks that resulted in a settlement of more than $1 billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Beer
Leo Luster Leo Luster 1927 2017 Austrian Holocaust survivor of both Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, who emigrated to Israel after the collapse of Nazi rule and then became an important representative of the Central Council of Jews from Austria in Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Luster
Ernest Cassutto Ernest H. Cassutto 1919 1985 Dutch Holocaust survivor who converted to Christianity during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cassutto
Shmuel Gogol Shmuel Gogol 1924 1993 null Holocaust survivor, musician, and founder of the Ramat Gan harmonica band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Gogol
Estelle Sapir Estelle Sapir 1923 1926 Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who achieved a measure of fame for her successful battle with the Swiss banking industry, in particular Credit Suisse, after a half-century of fighting for the return of her family's money, which had been deposited by her father, Józef Sapir, before he was murdered in the Nazi concentration camp at Majdanek during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Sapir
Shamai Davidson Shamai Davidson 1926 1986 Israeli professor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who spent 30 years working with Holocaust survivors, trying to understand the nature of their experience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamai_Davidson
Eva Hayman Eva Hayman null null null Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Hayman
Bella Tovey Bella Tovey 1926 2019 null Holocaust survivor who told her survival story in Europe, the United States, and Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Tovey
Milan Platovsky Milan Platovsky Stein 1922 2012 Czech businessman and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Platovsky
Édith Moskovic Édith Moskovic 1931 2021 French Holocaust survivor and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édith_Moskovic
Jacob Gildor Jacob Gildor 1948 n/a Israeli artist, representative of the Surrealist movement in Israeli art and of the group of "Second Generation" of Holocaust survivors artists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gildor
Lucian Kozminski Lucian Ludwig Kozminski null null Polish who was convicted in 1982 of swindling some 3,000 of his fellow Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Kozminski
Benjamin Orenstein Benjamin Orenstein 1926 2021 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orenstein
Simon Gutman Simon Gutman 1923 2020 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gutman
Leo Cooper (historian) Leo Cooper 1922 n/a null Polish–Jewish Holocaust survivor and historian at the University of Melbourne, born in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Cooper_(historian)
Pavel Oliva Pavel Oliva 1923 2021 Czech classical philologist, historian of antiquity, writer, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Oliva
Leon Schagrin Leon Schagrin 1926 n/a null Holocaust survivor and Jewish advocate in the State of Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Schagrin
Toman Brod Toman Brod 1929 n/a Czech historian, Holocaust survivor, and former member of the Communist Party turned anti-communist dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toman_Brod
Leon Ginsburg Leon Ginsburg null null null Holocaust survivor and the subject of several books on World War II. Known as a child by his Hebrew name, Noikele Ginsburg was the only child survivor from Maciejów, Ukraine, a shtetl of 5,000 in Eastern Poland (now part of the Ukraine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ginsburg