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Avey, Denis, 1919-2015

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Found inThe man who broke into Auschwitz, 2011: t.p. (Denis Avey) p. 5 etc. (Denis George Avey; b. 1919, Essex; served in the British Army during World War 2; prisoner of war held near Auschwitz III)
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Denis Avey (11 January 1919 - 16 July 2015) was a British veteran of the Second World War who was held as a prisoner of war at E715, a subcamp of Auschwitz. While there he saved the life of a Jewish prisoner, Ernst Lobethal, by smuggling cigarettes to him)