Dov Freiberg

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Dov Freiberg , also called Berek Freiberg , (born May 15, 1927 in Warsaw , Poland ; † March 26, 2008 in Ramla , Israel ) was an inspector in a machine factory. On May 15, 1942, he was brought from Krasnystaw to the Sobibor extermination camp with about 1,000 other Jewish people . Freiberg testified as a witness in the Eichmann trial . He published his memories in the extermination camp in book form. He is one of 47 survivors of the extermination camp.

Camp and escape

Freiberg was selected as a labor prisoner on his arrival on the ramp at the camp and first had to dig rubbish pits, he was the Trawniki men's shoe shiner and later a hairdresser. He was able to escape during the Sobibór uprising . On the run after the uprising, Freiberg joined forces with Semjon Rosenfeld , who had come to the camp as a Soviet soldier with Alexander Pechersky . They initially hid in a cave in the forest, as there were criminal gangs and SS men in the woods. They later found accommodation with a farmer. Freiberg and Rosenfeld had bought gold coins before fleeing and were able to buy food and thus had a chance of survival.

After the uprising

Freiberg published an unauthorized report which he gave Bluma Wasser in Łódź , which he contradicted in parts. He emigrated to Israel and was heard as a witness in the Eichmann trial.

plant

Dov Freiberg: To Survive Sobibor. Jerusalem and New York. Gefen Publishing 2007. ISBN 978-965-229-388-6

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Lackmann : Uprising of Sobibor: Justice with the ax. In: Der Tagesspiegel . December 21, 2009, accessed June 15, 2019 . Maria Ciesielska: Berl Dov Freiberg w pierszą rocznicę śmierci (The first anniversary of Dov Freiberg's death). In: marywrites.bloog.pl. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012 ; accessed on June 15, 2019 (Polish, English).
  2. ↑ Mark Paul: A Tangled Web: Polish-Jewish Relations in Wartime Northeastern Poland and the Aftermath, Part 3. ( doc , 3.0 MB) In: kpk-toronto.org. Canadian Polish Congress - Toronto District, November 30, 2008, archived from the original on September 15, 2011 ; accessed on June 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ The Trial of Adolf Eichmann, Session 64 (Part 4 of 7). In: Nizkor Project . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012 ; accessed on June 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Freiberg, Dov
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freiberg, Berek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish author and survivor of the Sobibór extermination camp
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2008
Place of death Ramla