# Sam Pivnik

> Sam Pivnik was a Holocaust survivor, author and memoirist. He was the second son of Lajb Pivnik, a tailor, and Feigel Pivnik.
As a Jewish family, the Pivniks were forced to live in the Kamionka Ghetto in Będzin from early 1943, and on 6 August 1943 the family were deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. His parents, younger sister Chana and younger brothers Meir, Wolf and Josef, were murdered on arrival. His older sister Hendla survived for a brief period before she was sent to be gassed.

*Holocaust Survivor (1926–2017)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sam-pivnik

## Identity
- **Born:** 1926-09-01
- **Died:** 2017-08-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Platforms
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/SamPivnik (@SamPivnik)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.dw.com/en/why-one-of-the-last-remaining-auschwitz-survivors-wrote-a-memoir-decades-later/a-39208305

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