Sam Pivnik
Sam Pivnik (actually Schmuel Pivnik ) (born September 1, 1926 in Będzin ; † August 30, 2017 in London ) was a Holocaust survivor, contemporary witness and author.
The Pivnik family lived in a ghetto in Będzin from spring 1943 to August 6, 1943 , when the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau . Sam Pivnik's father, mother, sister Chana and brothers Mayer, Wolf and Josek were murdered immediately upon their arrival. His older sister Hendla only survived about 10 days before she was sent to the gas chamber. His older brother Nathan was separated from the family earlier and also survived. He was deported to the Blechhammer camp , a subcamp of Auschwitz
In his autobiography Survivor: Auschwitz, The Death March and My Fight for Freedom (German: The Last Survivor ), the author reports on his survival during the Holocaust in the concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau , Fürstengrube and on the refugee ship Cap Arcona .
Pivnik last lived in a Jewish retirement home in London, where he died two days before his 91st birthday in 2017.
Autobiography
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Survivor. Auschwitz, The Death March and My Fight for Freedom . Hodder & Stoughton, London 2013, ISBN 978-1444758399 .
- German translation by Ulrike Strerath-Bolz: The last survivor. How I escaped the Holocaust . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8062-3478-7 .
Footnotes
- ^ Auschwitz survivor Sam Pivnik died , boersenblatt.net, September 1, 2017, accessed on September 1, 2017
- ↑ Sam Pivnik's website (accessed May 11, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pivnik, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piwnik, Shmuel (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Będzin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2017 |
| Place of death | London |