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Samuel Willenberg Research Paper

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Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of Treblinka, the Nazi death camp where 875,000 people were murdered including his two sisters, has died in Israel at the age of 93. Treblinka is unlike other camps where some Jews were assigned to work before being killed. Nearly all Jews brought to Treblinka were immediately gassed. Usually only young men like Willenberg, who was 20 at the time were spared from immediate death and were told to work instead.
On August 2, 1943, a group of Jews stole weapons from the Nazi soldiers and shot down as much of the camp that they could. Hundreds ran but most were shot and killed or captured by villagers who returned them to Treblinka. Only 67 people were reported to surviving after fleeing from the camp. Willenburg

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