February 19, 2016
Samuel Willenberg Dies
Historical context
On this day, February 19, 2016, Samuel Willenberg, a survivor of Treblinka and of its 1943 revolt, died in Israel at 93.
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On this day, Samuel Willenberg died in Israel at the age of 93. Born in Częstochowa, Poland, he was deported to Treblinka in 1942 and forced to work there. On August 2, 1943, he took part in the prisoner revolt and escaped.
He later settled in Israel, where he wrote and created sculptures about what he had witnessed. Yad Vashem remembered him as one of the last survivors of Treblinka.
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Sources and further reading
- One of the Last Survivors of Treblinka Passes Away · Yad Vashem · Yad Vashem View source
- Treblinka · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Holocaust Encyclopedia View source
- Death of Treblinka revolt survivor signals post-witness era · Associated Press · AP News View source
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