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Alexander Donat
Polish-born American journalist, author and Holocaust survivor (1905-1983) · Poland · On the map · Journalists · Died at 78
Alexander Donat, also Aleksander Donat in Polish, was a Holocaust survivor imprisoned at the Lodz Ghetto and several Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II.
Alexander Donat is read about 3 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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After the war, Donat, a chemist by training and journalist by profession, emigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. As an eye witness to the Holocaust in Poland, he went on to write about his wartime experiences, collect documents, and publish the narratives of others.
