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This is a list of survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp proper. The list does not include the handful of those who were transported to Sobibor and were assigned to forced labor outside of the camp, such as Jules Schelvis. This list might be incomplete, but it is as complete as current records allow. There are 53 known Sobibor survivors; 43 male, 10 female. Except where noted, the survivors escaped during the camp-wide revolt on October 14, 1943.

Male
Female
Name Date of birth Date of death Age Nationality Faith Arrival at camp Notes
Schlomo Alster[1] December 1, 1908 Polish Jewish November 1942
Moshe Bahir[1][2] July 19, 1927 Polish Jewish May 24, 1942 Witness at the Eichmann trial.
Antonius Bardach[1] May 16, 1909 Polish March 30, 1943
Philip Bialowitz[1][2] November 25, 1929 Alive Polish Jewish April 28, 1943 Brother of Symcha Bialowitz.
Symcha Bialowitz[1][2] December 6, 1912 Polish Jewish April 28, 1943 Brother of Philip Bialowitz.
Rachel Birnbaum[3] Polish Jewish Hid in the forest after arriving at the camp by train.
Jakob Biskubicz[1][2] March 17, 1926 March 2002 75 or 76 years Polish June 1942
Thomas "Toivi" Blatt[1][4] April 15, 1927 Alive 97 years, 120 days Polish Jewish April 23, 1943 Among Oct 14 revolt's plotters. Duped SS-Scharführer Josef Wolf into going to the death-trap prepared for him. Escaped in revolt. While in hiding, shot in face by Polish farmer Bojarski's men --survived this by playing dead. Witness in post-war testimony against SS Staff Sergeant Karl Frenzel. Wrote Sobibor historical book From The Ashes of Sobibor and assisted with writing of Escape from Sobibor --therefore also a frequent target of hate mail from Holocaust-deniers.
Herschel Cuckierman[1] April 15, 1893 July 1979 Error: Second date should be year, month, day Polish Jewish May 1942 Father of Josef Cuckierman.
Josef Cuckierman[1] May 26, 1930 June 15, 1963 33 years, 20 days Polish Jewish May 1942 Son of Herschel Cuckierman.
Josef Duniec[1] December 21, 1912 December 1, 1965 52 years, 345 days Polish Jewish March 30, 1943 Died of heart attack one day before he was expected to testify at the Sobibor trial.
Szymon Cymiel[2]
Chaim Engel[1][5] January 10, 1916 July 4, 2003 87 years, 175 days Polish Jewish November 6, 1942 Killed SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant) Rudolf Beckmann during revolt. Escaped with Selma Wijnberg-Engel. The two later married.
Selma Engel-Wijnberg[1][5] May 15, 1922 Alive 102 years, 90 days Dutch Jewish April 9, 1943 Escaped with Chaim Engel during the revolt. The two later married.
Leon Feldhendler[1][2] 1910 April 6, 1945 34 or 35 years Polish Jewish early 1943 One of the main organizers of the revolt. Made his way back to his hometown of Lublin, where he was later killed by gunshot.
Dov Freiberg[1][2] May 15, 1927 March 2008 80 years Polish Jewish May 15, 1942 Witness at the Eichmann trial.
Herman Gerstenberg[1] October 8, 1909 June 8, 1987 77 years, 243 days Polish Jewish March 14, 1943
Mordechai "Moshe" Goldfarb[1][2] March 15, 1920 June 8, 1984 64 years, 85 days Polish Jewish November 6, 1942
Josef Herszman[1][2] 1925 Polish Jewish 1942
Zyndel Honigman[1] April 10, 1910 July 1989 79 years Ukrainian November 1942 Escaped from the camp - twice - neither time as part of the camp-wide revolt.
Abram Kohn[1] July 25, 1910 January 19, 1986 75 years, 178 days Polish Jewish May 1942
Josef Kopp[1] 1944 or 1945 Polish 1942 He and Schlomo Podchlebnik escaped by killing a Ukrainian guard on July 27, 1943 while on duties outside of the camp in the nearby village of Zlobek. Kopp was later killed after the camp's liberation.
Chaim Korenfeld[1][2] May 15, 1923 Polish Jewish April 28, 1943 Jewish
Chaim Powroznik[2]
Chaim Leist[1] Bet. 1906 & 1911 October 2005 Polish Jewish April 23, 1943
Samuel Lerer[1][2] October 1, 1922 Alive Polish Jewish May 1942 Identified gas chamber executioner Hermann Erich Bauer after the war in Berlin, leading to his arrest.
Jehuda Lerner[1][2][4] July 22, 1926 Polish Jewish September 1943 He and Red Army P.O.W. Arkady Moishejwicz Wajspapir killed two guards with axe blows, SS-Oberscharführer Siegfried Graetschus and Volksdeutscher Ivan Klatt, during the revolt.
Elka de Levie[3] November 21, 1905 December 12, 1979 74 years, 21 days Dutch Jewish Gymnast. Gold medalist at 1928 Summer Olympics. Only Jewess of the 1928 Dutch Olympic gymnastics team to survive the Holocaust.
Eda Lichtman[1][2] January 1, 1915 Polish Jewish June 1943 Witness at the Eichmann trial. Married Jitschak Lichtman in 1950.
Jitschak Lichtman[1][2] December 10, 1908 1992 83 or 84 years Polish Jewish May 15, 1942 Married Eda Lichtman (Fischer) in 1950.
Yefim Litwinowski[1] Soviet September 22, 1943 Red Army soldier.
Abraham Margulies[1] January 25, 1921 1984 62 or 63 years Polish late May 1942
Chaskiel Menche[1] January 7, 1910 1984 73 or 74 years Polish June 1942
Zelda Metz[1] May 1, 1925 1980 54 or 55 years Polish Jewish December 20, 1942 Pretended to be Catholic after the escape.
Alexander "Sasha" Pechersky[1][2] February 22, 1909 January 19, 1990 80 years, 331 days Ukrainian Jewish September 22, 1943 Chief organizer and leader of the revolt. Red Army soldier.
Nachum "Niam" Piatnicki[2] Jewish
Schlomo Podchelbnik[1] February 15, 1907 February 1973 66 years Polish Jewish April 28, 1943 He and Josef Kopp escaped by killing a Ukrainian guard on July 27, 1943 while on duties outside of the camp in the nearby village of Zlobek.
Gertrude "Luka" Poppert–Schonborn[2] 1914 or 1915 c. 1943 c. 28 years German After a successful escape, she was never seen again; her fate remains unknown.[6]
Esther Raab[1][2] June 11, 1922 Alive Polish Jewish December 20, 1942
Simjon Rosenfeld[1][2] 1922 Soviet September 22, 1943
Ajzik Rotenberg[1] 1925 Polish Jewish May 12, 1943
Joseph Serchuk 1919 November 6, 1993 74 years Polish Jewish
David Serchuk Polish Jewish
Alexander Shubayev[1][7] Belorussian Jewish Killed deputy commandant Johann Niemann with an axe to his head; was later killed fighting the Germans. Red Army soldier.
Ursula Stern[1] August 28, 1926 1985 58 or 59 years German Jewish April 9, 1943 Witness at Hagen trial. Changed name to "Ilana Safran" after the war.
Stanisław Szmajzner[1][2] March 13, 1927 March 3, 1989 61 years, 355 days Polish Jewish May 12, 1942
Leon Szymiel[2]
Boris Tabarinsky[1][2] 1917 Belorussian September 22, 1943
Kurt Ticho Thomas[1][2] April 11, 1914 June 8, 2009 95 years, 58 days Czech Jewish November 6, 1942 After the war, he brought charges against SS officers Hubert Gomerski and Johann Klier.
Chaim Trager[1] March 5, 1906 August 1, 1969 63 years, 149 days Polish Jewish March 1943
Aleksej Waizen[1] May 30, 1922 Ukrainian autumn 1943
Arkady Moishejwicz Wajspapir[1][4][7] 1921 Alive Russian Jewish September 22, 1943 He and Jehuda Lerner killed two guards with axe blows, SS-Oberscharführer Siegfried Graetschus and Volksdeutscher Ivan Klatt, during the revolt. Red Army soldier.
Abraham Wang[1] January 2, 1921 1978 Polish Jewish April 23, 1943 Escaped on July 27, 1943, along with four other prisoners.
Hella Weiss[1][2] November 25, 1925 December 1988 63 years Polish Jewish December 20, 1942 She fought as a member of the partisans and the Red Army after the revolt.
Kalmen Wewerik[1] June 25, 1906 Polish Jewish November 1942 He fought with the partisans after the revolt.
Regina Zielinsky[1] September 2, 1924 Alive Polish Jewish December 20, 1942
Meier Ziss[1][2] November 15, 1927 Alive Polish Jewish May 1942

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Sobibor Interviews: Survivors of the revolt
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Escape from Sobibor (1987).
  3. ^ a b United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  4. ^ a b c BBC History of World War II. Auschwitz; Inside the Nazi State. Part 4, Corruption.
  5. ^ a b United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Selma Wijnberg
  6. ^ Toivi Blatt interviews Sasha Pechersky about Luka in 1980 Retrieved on 2009-05-08
  7. ^ a b Arad, Yitzhak. Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps. Indiana University Press. 1987.
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