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Philip Bialowitz was born Fiszel Bialowicz in Izbica, Poland on December 25, 1925. The Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. As a teenager, he was marched with other Jews to a cemetery, where Nazi soldiers opened fire on them. He escaped death by pretending to be hit and lying for hours among bloody mostrar más bodies. He was later taken, with his brother Symcha, to Sobibór, a secret Nazi extermination camp. Once there, Symcha told the Nazis that he was a pharmacist, but lied and said his brother was his assistant. That saved their lives. On October 14, 1943, the Jewish workers carried out an escape plan, where several SS officers were killed with knives and hatchets that the prisoners had secreted away. Of the approximately 300 prisoners who fled, all but 50 were recaptured. The Bialowitz brothers were among the ones who remained free. After the war, Philip Bialowitz lived for a time in a displaced persons camp in Germany before moving to the United States in 1950. In 2010, he testified at the trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk, who was later convicted of being a collaborating guard at Sobibór. He wrote a memoir entitled A Promise at Sobibór: A Jewish Boy's Story of Revolt and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland. He died of congestive heart failure on August 6, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Nombre canónico
Bialowitz, Philip
Otros nombres
Bialowitz, Fiszel (birth name)
Fecha de nacimiento
1925-12-25
Fecha de fallecimiento
2016-08-06
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Poland (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Lugar de nacimiento
Izbica, Poland
Lugar de fallecimiento
Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Lugares de residencia
Columbus, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Ocupaciones
jeweler
memoirist
Holocaust survivor
public speaker
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Philip Bialowitz was born Fiszel Bialowicz to a Jewish family in Izbica, eastern Poland. After Germany invaded his hometown in World War II, he was marched along with his older brother Simcha and other Jews to a nearby cemetery, where Nazi soldiers opened fire. He pretended to be wounded and lay for hours among the bodies. He was later taken with Simcha and other family members to the secret extermination camp at Sobibor. The Bialowitz brothers were put to work as slave laborers. On October 14, 1943, Jews and Russian POWs in the camp staged a daring escape. About 300 fled through the gates; nearly all were recaptured, but the brothers were among the 50 or so who succeeded in getting away. A Polish farmer hid the brothers until the Soviet Army arrived. After the war, Philip Bialowitz spent time in a displaced persons camp in Germany, and in 1950, emigrated to the USA. He settled first in Columbus, Ohio, and later moved to New York City, where he worked as a jeweler in the diamond district in Manhattan. In 2010, he testified at the trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk. Mr. Bialowitz devoted much of his later life to speaking and writing about his experiences, determined to keep alive the history. He spoke frequently about the Holocaust and traveled the world to tell his story. He published a memoir entitled A Promise at Sobibor: A Jewish Boy's Story of Revolt and Survival (2010).

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