# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mala-zimetbaum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:50.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mala-zimetbaum"
name: "Mala Zimetbaum"
slug: "mala-zimetbaum"
description: "Malka Zimetbaum, also known as \"Mala\" Zimetbaum or \"Mala the Belgian\", was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She is also remembered for her lifesaving acts in favor of other prisoners during her captivity at Auschwitz and for the resistance she displayed at her execution following her being recaptured, when she tried committing suicide before the guards were able to execute her, then slapped the guard who tried to stop her, before eventually being killed. She was the first woman to escape from Auschwitz."
tagline: "Belgian Jew Resistance member (1918–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mala_Zimetbaum_(1918-1944).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1918-01-26"
deathDate: "1944-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.342668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мала Ціметбаум"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مالا زيميتباوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9D"
    title: "מלה צימטבאום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Циметбаум, Мала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum"
    title: "Mala Zimetbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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