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Leon Cohen
Leon Cohen ( el, Λεών Κοέν; born 15 January 1910 in Thessaloniki, Greece and died in August 1989 in Bat Yam, Israel), was a Jewish-Greek survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a member of the ''Sonderkommando'' in Birkenau from May to November 1944. He was one of the only three members of the ''Sonderkommando'' who wrote his memoirs after the war, along with Filip Müller and Marcel Nadjary. He took part in the preparation of the ''Sonderkommando'' uprising. Biography The father of Leon Cohen was a well-off, successful merchant, who imported goods from Germany and Austria and had commercial relations with small merchants in Brussels. Leon Cohen had two sisters, Agnes and Margot, and one brother, Robert. He went to the ''Leon Gatenyo business school'', a French-German institution. He was given a strong French education and learned the finest French literature, because the teacher was the principal and founder of the ''Chevalier de la Liaison Française'' sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Cohen
Leon Cohen ( el, Λεών Κοέν; born 15 January 1910 in Thessaloniki, Greece and died in August 1989 in Bat Yam, Israel), was a Jewish-Greek survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a member of the ''Sonderkommando'' in Birkenau from May to November 1944. He was one of the only three members of the ''Sonderkommando'' who wrote his memoirs after the war, along with Filip Müller and Marcel Nadjary. He took part in the preparation of the ''Sonderkommando'' uprising. Biography The father of Leon Cohen was a well-off, successful merchant, who imported goods from Germany and Austria and had commercial relations with small merchants in Brussels. Leon Cohen had two sisters, Agnes and Margot, and one brother, Robert. He went to the ''Leon Gatenyo business school'', a French-German institution. He was given a strong French education and learned the finest French literature, because the teacher was the principal and founder of the ''Chevalier de la Liaison Française'' sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haidari Concentration Camp
HaidariFor the spelling, see thmunicipal website ( el, Χαϊδάρι, ''Khaidari'') is a suburb in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, west of central Athens. Geography The municipality has an area of 22.655 km2. The geography of the municipality of Haidari is diverse: the eastern part, where the town Haidari is situated, is densely populated and forms a continuous built up area with the inner suburbs of central Athens. The rocky Aigaleo hills run through the central part of the municipality. The pine forest of Dafni and the Daphni Monastery lie on the eastern slopes of Aigaleo. The westernmost part of Haidari is the small industrial port town Skaramagkas, on the Saronic Gulf near Eleusis. The main roads of Haidari are the Greek National Road 8 (the old road from Athens to Corinth) and the Iera odos. History During the Turkish rule Haidari belonged to a certain Haydar Pasha, which may have been a nickname from the Arabic word ''haydar'', meaning 'lion'. Concent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Errera
Alberto Israel Errera ( el, Αλβέρτος Ερρέρα, 15 January 1913 – August 1944) was a Greek-Jewish officer and a member of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was a member of the '' Sonderkommando'' in Auschwitz-Birkenau from May to August 1944. He took part in the preparation of the ''Sonderkommando'' Uprising of 1944. He is one of the possible authors of the ''Sonderkommando'' photographs. Errera died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Biography Errera was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. Before the war, he was a soldier in the Hellenic Army, where he was promoted to officer and achieved the rank of captain. He married a woman called Matthildi from Larissa, where he settled and owned a supermarket. He joined the partisans and the Greek People's Liberation Army during the German occupation of Greece, working as a food supplier. He took the Christian name Alex (Alekos) Michaelides, or, according to his nephew, Alexandros Alexandris. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Nadjari
Marcel Nadjari (or Nadjary, Nadjar, Nadzari, el, Εμμανουήλ Μαρσέλ Νατζαρή Νατζαρής , ''Nazarene'') (January 1, 1917 – July 31, 1971) was a Jewish-Greek survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Nadjari was a member of the ''Sonderkommando'' in Birkenau from May 1944 to November 1944. He is one of three members of the ''Sonderkommando'' that wrote his memoirsMarcel Nadjari, ''Χρονικό 1941–1945 hronicle', Ιδρυμα Ετσ – Αχα'ι'μ, Thessaloniki, 1991 after the war, along with Filip Müller and Leon Cohen. He took part in the preparation of the ''Sonderkommando'' uprising. He authored one of the 19 manuscripts of Sonderkommando members found near the ruins of the Birkenau crematoria. Biography Born in Salonika in 1917, Marcel Nadjari attended the Alsheikh French High School. His academic interests included drawing and painting. When he matured, he worked in his father's shop selling animal feed. He joined the military in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leibl Paul Katz
Leibl is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl Leibl (1784–1870), German musician and conductor * Tammy Leibl (born 1965), American volleyball and beach volleyball player *Wilhelm Leibl Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (October 23, 1844 – December 4, 1900) was a German realist painter of portraits and scenes of peasant life. Biography Leibl was born in Cologne, where his father was the director of the Cathedral choir. He was a ... (1844–1900), German painter {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Baruch
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppina. People with the given name Artists and musicians * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter * Giuseppe Belli (singer) (1732–1760), Italian castrato singer * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), Italian poet * Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) (1829–1908), Italian painter * Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 1978), Italian musician and disc jockey * Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960), Maltese Art Nouveau architect * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian composer and oboist * Giuseppe Sanmartino or Sammartino (1720–1793), Italian sculptor * Giuseppe Santomaso (1907–1990), Italian painter * Giu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawid Kotchak
Dawid is a Polish masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Dawid Abrahamowicz (1839–1926), Polish politician * Dawid Abramowicz (born 1991), Polish footballer * Dawid Moryc Apfelbaum, fictitious World War II Polish Army officer and a commander of the Jewish Military Union * Dawid Bezuidenhout (1935–1998), teacher and politician in South West Africa * Dawid Daniuszewski (1885–1944), Polish chess master * Dawid Dryja (born 1992), Polish volleyball player * Dawid Dynarek (born 1989), Polish footballer * Dawid Dzięgielewski (born 1993), Polish footballer * Dawid Jackiewicz (born 1973), Polish politician and former Minister of State Treasury * Dawid Janowski (1868–1927), Polish-born French chess player * Dawid Jarka (born 1987), Polish footballer * Dawid Kamiński (born 1995), Polish footballer * Dawid Kasperski (born 1990), Polish Muay Thai kickboxer * Dawid Kellerman, 21st century South African rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemke Chaïm Pliszko , by Carlton Lemke
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David Olère
David Olère (January 19, 1902 in Warsaw – August 21, 1985 in Paris) was a Polish-born French painter and sculptor best known for his explicit drawings and paintings based on his experiences as a Jewish ''Sonderkommando'' inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Life Olère studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and upon completion of his studies there at the age of 16, moved to Danzig and later Berlin, where he exhibited woodcuts at museums and art houses. In 1921 he was hired by Ernst Lubitsch at the ''Europäische Film Allianz'' to work as a set builder for the film '' Das Weib des Pharao''.Sujo ''et al'' (2001), p. 110 Olère also lived in Munich and Heidelberg Union of American Hebrew Congregations ''et al'' (1981), p. 146 before moving to Paris in 1928 and settling in Montparnasse, where he designed costumes and publicity posters for Paramount Pictures. In 1930, Olère married Juliette Ventura who gave birth to their son, Alexandre. When war broke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Moll
Otto Hermann Wilhelm Moll (4 March 1915 – 28 May 1946) was an SS non-commissioned officer who committed numerous atrocities at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War. The ''SS-Hauptscharführer'', who held the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant, is said to have personally killed thousands of innocent victims (over 20 thousand according to some reports) during his time at Birkenau. Early life Moll was born in the town of Hohen Schönberg in the German Empire, on 4 March 1915. He trained as a gardener before joining the SS on 1 May 1935 (serial number 277670). SS career Moll joined the SS-Totenkopfverbände, the SS Death's Head Units responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany. One of his earliest jobs was a ''Kommandoführer'' in charge of a camp's gardeners' work detail. In May 1941, Otto Moll was transferred from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to Auschwitz where he was put in charge of digging the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razzia Israeli
Razzia (French and other languages, 'raid') may refer to: Raids * Ghazw, military expeditions as described in early Islamic literature * Razzia (military), surprise attacks against an enemy settlement * a slave raid conducted by Barbary pirates * a Police raid * a Nazi roundup in World War II ** Raid of the Ghetto of Rome, 1943 Arts and entertainment * ''Raid'' (1947 film) (German: ''Razzia''), a German crime film * ''Razzia sur la chnouf'', released in the US as ''Razzia'', a 1955 French gangster film * ''Razzia'' (2017 film), a Moroccan drama film * Razzia Records, a Swedish record label * Razzia (artist) (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz, born 1950), a French poster artist * "Razzia" (song), a 1982 song by Rainhard Fendrich * ''Razzia!'', a mafia-themed release of the board game '' Ra'' See also *Raid (military) Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose. Raiders do not capture and hold a location, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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