Simjon Rosenfeld
Simjon Rosenfeld[1] (October 1, 1922[2] – June 3, 2019[3]) a survivor of the Sobibor death camp and a participant in the prisoner revolt which took place in that camp.[4] Born in Baranowicze, Poland, in 1940 he was recruited to the Red Army.[5] In 1941, the Germans captured him and sent him to build a labor camp in Minsk. On 20 September 1943[6] he was transferred to Sobibor.[7] The Germans separated the Jewish and non-Jewish soldiers but refrained from killing the Jews as they had war prisoner status. On October 14, 1943, Rosenfeld participated in the uprising that resulted in his escape.[8] Acting commander SS Untersturmfuehrer Niemann entered the tailor shop in which Rosenfeld worked. While Isaac Lichtman held Niemann's leg tight – seemingly in an effort to pull off his boots – Rosenfeld and Arcady Wajspaper came out of the back room and split his skull with an axe.[9] After the war, he moved to Ukraine and then to Israel in the 1980s.[10] Rosenfeld had two sons and five grandchildren at the time of his passing.[11] He received a eulogy from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[12]
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- ^ Winer, Stuart. "Last survivor of Sobibor death camp uprising dies, aged 97". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Ian. "06/03 Links Pt2: Jeremy Corbyn, a Pro-Terrorist Prime Minister?; TalkRadio Fires Galloway Over Anti-Semitism; Last survivor of Sobibor death camp uprising dies, aged 97". Retrieved 2019-06-12.