Samuel Willenberg
Polish-born sculptor and Holocaust survivor, participant at the revolt and escape at Treblinka extermination cap (1923-2016) · Poland · On the map · Artists · Died at 93
Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo, was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer. He was a Sonderkommando at the Treblinka extermination camp and participated in the unit's planned revolt in August 1943. While 300 escaped, about 79 were known to survive the war.
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Willenberg reached Warsaw where, before war's end, he took part in the Warsaw Uprising. At his death, Willenberg was the last survivor of the August 1943 Treblinka prisoners' revolt.
