# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jules-schelvis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:40:09.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jules-schelvis"
name: "Jules Schelvis"
slug: "jules-schelvis"
description: "Jules Schelvis was a Dutch Jewish historian, writer, printer, and Holocaust survivor. Schelvis was the sole survivor of the 3,006 people that were on the 14th transport from Westerbork to Sobibor extermination camp, having been selected to work at nearby Dorohucza labour camp. He is known for his memoirs and historical research about Sobibor, for which he earned an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam, Officier in the Order of Orange-Nassau, and Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland."
tagline: "Dutch historian (1921–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules-schelvis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-01-07"
deathDate: "2016-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.77
  momentum:             0.8823529411764705
  historical:           10.97948533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081808/"
    handle:    "nm2081808"
sources:
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    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چوليس ستشيلڤيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96'%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "ז'ול שלביס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schelvis"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4691959"
    title: "Jules Schelvis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump