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There are many Holocaust survivors who achieved a measure of objective notability . Those listed here were, at the very least, residents of the parts of Europe occupied by the Axis powers during World War II who survived until the end of the Holocaust (and the war). The majority of the survivors on this list lived through the war in Nazi concentration camps .
Arts, painters
Living
Name
Sex male
Birth (age)
Country
Aron, Kalman
M
September 14, 1924 ( 100)
Latvia
Berman, Helen
F
April 6, 1936 ( 88)
Netherlands
Deceased
Actors, actresses, and directors
Living
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Lubetkin, Zvia
F
9 November 1914
14 July 1976 (61)
Poland
Pravda, Hana Maria
F
29 January 1916
22 May 2008 (92)
Czechoslovakia
Literature, memoirs and publishing
Living
Name Eva Cor
Sex Female
Birth (age)
Country
Appleman-Jurman, Alicia
F
9 May 1930 ( 94)
Poland
Auerbacher, Inge
F
31 December 1934 ( 89)
Germany
Barasch, Werner[ 1]
M
27 May 1919 ( 105)
Germany
Begley, Louis
M
6 October 1933 ( 90)
Ukraine
Brady, George
M
9 February 1928 ( 96)
Czechoslovakia
Bretholz, Leo
M
6 March 1921 ( 103)
Austria
Collis, Zoltan
M
1940 ( 84)
Czechoslovakia
Faber, David
M
1926 ( 98)
Poland
Frister, Roman
M
17 January 1928 ( 96)
Poland
Goldman, Yosef
M
1942 ( 82)
Hungary
Gray, Martin
M
1922 ( 102)
Poland
Harsh, Arek
M
1928 ( 96)
Poland
Heller, Fanya
F
1924 ( 100)
Ukraine
Herzberger, Magda
F
1926 ( 98)
Romania
Hollander, Eugene
M
1914 ( 110)
Hungary
Jeruchim, Simon[ 2]
M
25 December 1929 ( 95)
France
Kertész, Imre
M
9 November 1929 ( 94)
Hungary
Kiek Cohen, Sonja[ 3]
F
21 November 1922 ( 101)
Netherlands
Klein, Gerda
F
8 May 1924 ( 100)
Poland
Klíma, Ivan
M
14 September 1931 ( 93)
Czechoslovakia
Lobel, Anita
F
June 2, 1934 (78)
Poland
Müller, Filip
M
1922 ( 102)
Czechoslovakia
Orenstein, Henry
M
1922})
Poland
Pahor, Boris
M
28 August 1913 ( 111)
Italy
Reich-Ranicki, Marcel
M
2 June 1920 ( 104)
Germany
Roth, Irving
M
2 September 1929 ( 95)
Czechoslovakia
Schloss, Eva[ 4]
F
1929 ( 95)
Austria
Sobolewicz, Tadeusz
M
25 March 1923 ( 101)
Poland
Stenbock, Fanie[ 5] [ 6]
F
1919 ( 105)
Poland
Westheimer, Ruth
F
4 June 1928 ( 96)
Germany
Wiesel, Elie
M
30 September 1928 ( 95)
Romania
Zisblatt, Irene
F
December 28, 1929 (83)
Hungary
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Albreht, Fran
M
17 November 1889
2 November 1963 (73)
Czechoslovakia
Albreht, Vera
F
11 February 1895
25 May 1971 (76)
Czechoslovakia
Baumann-Parkhurst, Marion[ 7]
F
21 August 1912
6 April 2009 (96)
Germany
Beck, Gad
M
30 June 1923
24 June 2012 (88)
Germany
Chillag, John
F
20 April 1927
21 March 2009 (81)
Austria
Boom, Cornelia "Corrie" ten
F
15 April 1892
15 April 1983 (91)
Netherlands
Borowski, Tadeusz
M
12 November 1922
1 July 1951 (28)
Ukraine
Celan, Paul
M
23 November 1920
20 April 1970 (49)
Romania
Clare, George
M
21 December 1920
26 March 2009 (88)
Britain
De-Nur, Yehiel
M
16 May 1909
17 July 2001 (92)
Poland
Delbo, Charlotte
F
10 August 1913
1 March 1985 (71)
France
Feldhendler, Leon
M
1910
6 April 1945 (34-35)
Poland
Fénelon, Fania
F
2 September 1908
19 December 1983 (75)
France
Frank, Otto
M
12 May 1889
19 August 1980 (91)
Germany
Frankl, Victor
M
26 March 1905
2 August 1997 (92)
Austria
Glazar, Richard
M
29 November 1920
20 December 1997 (77)
Czechoslovakia
Hutyra, Stanisław[ 8]
M
1922
6 February 2000 (87)
Poland
Klemperer, Victor
M
9 October 1889
11 February 1960 (70)
Germany
Komski, Jan
M
3 February 1915
20 July 2002 (87)
Poland
Korn, Abram[ 9]
M
1923
1972 (49)
Poland
Kosinski, Jerzy
M
14 June 1933
3 May 1991 (57)
Poland
Kralj, Vladimir
M
16 August 1901
29 March 1969 (67)
Slovenia
Lengyel, Olga
F
1908
2001 (93)
Romania
Levi, Primo
M
31 July 1919
11 April 1987 (67)
Italy
Lewis (Lezerkiewicz), Victor [ 10] [ 11]
M
25 August 1919
5 October 2009 (90)
Poland
Lustig, Arnošt
M
21 December 1926
26 February 2011 (84)
Czechoslovakia
Maxwell, Robert
M
10 June 1923
5 November 1991 (68)
Czechoslovakia
Øverland, Ole
M
27 April 1889
25 March 1968 (78)
Norway
Pagis, Dan
M
16 October 1930
29 July 1986 (55)
Romania
Prežihov, Voranc
M
10 August 1893
18 February 1950 (56)
Czechoslovakia
Semprún, Jorge
M
10 December 1923
7 June 2011 (87)
Spain
Spiegelman, Vladek[ 12]
M
11 October 1906
18 August 1982 (75)
Poland
Sruoga, Balys
M
2 February 1896
16 October 1947 (51)
Lithuania
Staner, Mieczysław
M
1924
29 August 2003 (79)
Poland
Torkar, Igor
M
13 October 1913
1 January 2004 (90)
Czechoslovakia
Music
Living
Deceased
Humanities
Living
Deceased
Mathematics and natural sciences
Living
Deceased
Theology, spirituality, religion
Living
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Avigdor, Yaakov
M
1896
1967 (71)
Poland
Feuerwerker, David
M
2 October 1912
20 June 1980 (67)
Switzerland
Gajowniczek, Franciszek
F
1901
13 March 1995 (93 or 94)
Poland
Goldman, Chananya
M
1905
1982 (77)
Hungary
Halberstam, Yekusiel Yehudah
M
10 January 1905
18 June 1994 (89)
Poland
Kozłowiecki, Adam
M
1 April 1911
28 September 2007 (96)
Poland
Lustiger, Jean-Marie
M
17 September 1926
5 August 2007 (80)
France
Teitelbaum, Joel
M
1 January 1887
19 August 1979 (91)
Romania
Weissmandl, Chaim
M
25 October 1903
29 November 1957 (54)
Hungary
Wiechert, Ernst
M
18 May 1877
24 August 1950 (73)
Poland
Engleitner, Leopold
M
23 July 1905
21 April 2013 (107)
Austria
Politics, resistance
Living
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Blum, André
M
9 April 1872
3 March 1950 (77)
France
Bratteli, Trygve
M
11 January 1910
20 November 1984 (74)
Norway
Cyrankiewicz, Józef
M
23 April 1911
20 January 1989 (77)
Poland
Draxler, Ludwig
M
1896
1972 (76)
Austria
Geremek, Bronisław
M
6 March 1932
13 July 2008 (76)
Poland
Gerhardsen, Einar
M
10 May 1897
19 September 1987 (90)
Goldman, Alter Mojze
M
17 November 1909
1 January 1988 (79)
Poland and France
Goldstein, Kurt
M
3 November 1914
24 September 2007 (92)
Germany
Heilman, Anna
F
1 December 1928
1 May 2011 (82)
Kossak-Szczucka, Zofia
F
10 August 1889
9 April 1968 (78)
Poland
Lantos, Tom
M
1 February 1928
11 February 2008 (80)
Hungary
Nansen, Odd
M
6 December 1901
27 June 1973 (71)
Norway
Nielsen, Martin
M
1900
1962 (62)
Denmark
Schumacher, Kurt
M
13 October 1885
20 August 1952 (56)
Poland
Šik, Ota
M
11 September 1919
22 August 2004 (84)
Czechoslovakia
Srebnik, Simon
M
10 April 1930
16 August 2006 (76)
Poland
Tramiel, Jack
M
13 December 1928
8 April 2012 (83)
Poland
Vrba, Rudolf
M
9 November 1924
27 March 2006 (82)
Czechoslovakia
Wdowiński, Dawid [ 15] [ 16]
M
26 May 1896 [citation needed ]
1970 (73 or 74)
Poland
Wetzler, Alfréd
M
10 May 1918
1988 (70)
Czechoslovakia
Speakers and researchers of the Holocaust
Living
Name
Sex
Birth (age)
Country
Ban, Noémi
F
29 September 1922 ( 101)
Hungary
Bialowitz, Philip[ 17]
M
1929 ( 95)
Poland
Biterman, Tauba
F
1917 ( 107)
Poland
Evers-Emden, Bloeme
F
26 July 1926 ( 98)
Netherlands
Fayerman, Severin
M
18 March 1922 ( 102)
Poland
Fischl, Peter [ 18] [ 19]
M
19 July 1930 ( 94)
Hungary
Gotz, Elly[ 20]
M
1928 ( 96)
Lithuania
Hart-Moxon, Kitty
F
1926 ( 98)
Poland
Kiek Cohen, Sonja [6]
F
21 November 1922 ( 101)
Netherlands
Klarsfeld, Beate
F
13 February 1939 ( 85)
Germany
Klarsfeld, Serge
M
17 September 1935 ( 88)
Romania
Kramer, Clara[ 21]
F
1927 ( 97)
Poland
Mandelbaum, Jack
M
1927 ( 97)
Poland
Nasser, Stephen (Istvan/"Pista")
M
17 February 1931 ( 93)
Hungary
Olsson, Eva[ 22]
F
28 October 1924 ( 99)
Hungary
Perel, Solomon
M
21 April 1925 ( 99)
Germany
Pollack, Susan[ 23]
F
9 September 1930 ( 94)
Hungary
Riteman, Philip [citation needed ] [undue weight? – discuss ]
M
1927 ( 97)
Poland
Rubin, Tibor
M
18 June 1929 ( 95)
Hungary
Taler, Bronisława (née Frankiel)[ 24]
F
14 May 1924 ( 100)
Poland
Taler, Joseph[ 25]
M
10 January 1923 ( 101)
Poland
Wiesel, Elie
M
30 September 1928 ( 95)
Romania
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Frankenthal, Hans
M
15 July 1926
22 December 1999 (73)
Germany
Gelissen, Rena
F
24 August 1920
8 April 2006 (85)
Poland
Gorath, Karl
M
12 December 1912
18 March 2002 (90)
Germany
Greenman, Leon
M
18 September 1910
7 March 2008 (97)
UK, Netherlands
Herskovic, William
M
June 1914
3 March 2006 (93)
Hungary
Kanitz, Miklos
M
1938
2006 (76)
Hungary
Mandelbaum, Henryk
M
15 December 1922
17 June 2008 (85)
Poland
Pfefferberg, Leopold
M
20 March 1913
9 March 2001 (87)
Poland
Rosensaft, Josef
M
15 January 1911
11 September 1975 (64)
Poland
Seel, Pierre
M
16 August 1923
25 November 2005 (82)
France
Spiegel, Paul
M
31 December 1937
30 April 2006 (68)
Germany
Wolanski, Sabina
F
1927
23 June 2011 (84)
Borysław , Poland (today Ukraine)
Wynschenk, Eddy
M
18 July 1927
16 December 2003 (76)
Netherlands
Military
Living
Deceased
Simon Wiesenthal
Sports
Living
Name
Sex
Birth (age)
Country
Sport
Helfgott, Ben
M
22 November 1929 ( 94)
Poland
Weightlifting; 3x British champion (lightweight) weightlifter, 3x Maccabiah champion
Ladany, Shaul
M
2 April 1936 ( 88)
Yugoslavia
Racewalking; 2-time Olympian; holds the world record in the 50-mile walk , and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk . He is former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk . 5 Maccabiah Games gold medals
Deceased
Name
Sex
Birth
Death (age)
Country
Sport
Epstein, Kurt
M
21 January 1904
1975 (70)
Czechoslovakia
Water polo; Olympic player (1928 and 1936)
Kleinová, Gertrude "Traute"
F
13 August 1918
February 1975 (56)
Czechoslovakia
Table tennis; 3-time world champion
de Levie, Elka
F
21 November 1905
12 December 1979 (74)
Netherlands
Gymnastics; Olympic champion (1928)
Nakache, Alfred "Artem"
M
18 November 1915
1983 (65)
France
Swimming; world record, one-third of French 2x world record
Sláma, Miroslav
M
3 August 1917
30 November 2008 (91)
Czechoslovakia
Ice hockey; Olympic medalist (1948)
See also
Documentaries about Holocaust survivors
References
External links
Online Torchlighter Film Archive An archive of the short films depicting the stories of the survivors shown as each of six torches is lit during the official Yom HaShoah ceremony that takes place at Yad Vashem
Holocaust survivor,John O. Friend
Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
"Holocaust Studies of Dr. Joseph Taler of Poland" , Dr. Joseph Taler's life stories (January 19, 2010)
[7] (June 1, 2008)
"Sustained Through Terrible Trials" , as told by Éva Josefsson (June 1, 1998)
"They Triumphed Over Persecution" - the life stories of Ádám Szinger and Frieda Jess (March 1, 2003)
"Searching Survivor and the Answer I Found" - The amazing survival story of Marion Baumann-Parkhurst (April, 2007)
"Intergenerational Healing in Holocaust Families and Breaking Holocaust Silences" - by Eva Metzger Brown, clinical psychologist and child survivor of the Holocaust (April, 2008)
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org
"ethicas.org" - The story of Bernd and Judy Simon, Holocaust Survivors
Interview of Holocaust Survivors by Leon Charney in celebration of The Holocaust Remembrance day on The Leon Charney Report
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