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Ludwig Eisenberg
Ludwig Eisenberg may refer to: * Lale Sokolov (né Ludwig Eisenberg, 1916–2006), Austro-Hungarian-born Slovak-Australian businessman and Holocaust survivor * Ludwig Eisenberg (writer) (1858–1910), Austrian writer and encyclopedist {{hndis, Eisenberg, Ludwig ...
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Lale Sokolov
https://vha.usc.edu/testimony/24716?from=search&seg=69 Ludwig ("Lali" or "Lale") Sokolov (né Eisenberg; 28 October 1916 – 31 October 2006), was an Austro-Hungarian-born Slovak-Australian businessman and Holocaust survivor. Biography Lale Sokolov was born Ludwig Eisenberg on 28 October 1916 in Korompa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Krompachy, Slovakia). In April 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz as part of the Slovak government's participation in the Holocaust. Upon arrival at the extermination camp, he was tattooed with the number 32407. He was set to work constructing housing blocks for the expanding camp but soon became ill with typhoid. Having recovered, he was assigned as one of the camp's ''Tätowierer'' (tattooist). As such, he was part of the Politische Abteilung and had an SS officer assigned to monitor him. His job meant he was "a step further away from death than the other prisoners", and he received a number of benefits such as a single room, extra rations, and free ti ...
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