Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Dove FREIBERG, escapee from Sobibor uprising, WW II


DOV FREIBERG ESCAPEE FROM SOBIBOR UPRISINGS,WWII

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Dr K Prabhakar Rao said...

BEREK ( DOV) FREIBERG, SOBIBOR ESCAPEE IN REVOLT. WW II
Dov Freiberg (15 May 1927 – March 2008) born Berek Freiberg, was a Holocaust survivor, writer, and witness at the Eichmann trial and the Demjanjuk case. During World War II, selected by the SS to join the Sonderkommando work unit, Freiberg participated in the Sobibor prisoners' revolt in October 1943, and managed to escape into nearby woods and survived until the Soviet Army liberated the region in July 1944.
He settled in Israel and fought its war of independence in 1948. He was a witness in Eichmanns trial in 1961 in Israel and also during Damjanjuks trial in 1986. He was. Invited in 1965 to testify at Hagen trail where SS officers were tried for war crimes. he frequently lectured to students and others on holocaust matters. he passed away in 2008 at Ramla