Paul Sobol

Paul Sobol (26 June 1926 – 17 November 2020) was a French-born Belgian educator, writer and Holocaust survivor. He was widely known as one of the country's best known "passeur de mémoire" (memory keepers).[1]

He was born in Paris. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on 31 July 1944. He was involved in the death marches to Gross-Rosen concentration camp and escaped on 25 April 1945 during a transfer to another camp. His parents and younger brother were killed.

Sobol died on 17 November 2020 of a ruptured aneurysm in Brussels, aged 94.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lempkowicz, Yossi (18 November 2020). "One of the last Auschwitz survivors died in Belgium where he he worked as a 'passer of memory'". European Jewish Press. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Paul Sobol voulait témoigner "afin qu'un Auschwitz n'arrive plus jamais"" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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