Stanisław Szmajzner
Stanisław "Szlomo" Szmajzner (13 March 1927 – 3 March 1989) was one of 58 known survivors of the Sobibór extermination camp in Occupation of Poland, German-occupied Poland and participated in the Sobibor uprising, 1943 camp-wide revolt and escape from Sobibór. He was born in Puławy, Poland and died in Goiânia, Brazil. Internment Szmajzner arrived at Sobibór extermination camp on 12 May 1942 in a transport of about 2,000 Jews from the Eastern Poland Nazi ghettos, Ghetto of Opole Lubelskie, together with his parents, a sister, brother, cousin, and nephew. Occupations On arrival, he was not murdered in the Extermination camps#Gassings, gas chambers because he proved to be a goldsmith, having carried along his bag of tools. He also managed to protect his brother, cousin, and nephew, insisting he needed their assistance. Given a makeshift goldsmith workshop, he was tasked by camp deputy commander Gustav Wagner to create golden accessories for the members of the Schutzsta ...
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