| LC control no. | n 99045389 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sobolewski, Sigmund |
| Variant(s) | Sobelewski, Sigmund |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Associated place | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) |
| Birth date | 1923-05-11 |
| Death date | 2017-08-07 |
| Place of birth | TorunĚ (Poland) |
| Place of death | Bayamo (Cuba) |
| Profession or occupation | Concentration camp inmates Political activists |
| Found in | Prisoner 88, ©1998: p. xi (Sigmund Sobolowski) Canadian CIP (Sobelewski, Sigmund) text (Polish prisoner; survived Auschwitz; resides in Canada) The globe and mail, 9 August 2017, online, viewed 7 September 2017 (Sigmund Sobolewski, who was among the very first inmates sent to Auschwitz, died early Monday morning [7 August] after contracting pneumonia; born May 11, 1923, in Torun, Poland; raised a Catholic and the son of a Polish army officer, on June 14, 1940, he was taken in place of his sick father to Auschwitz, where he survived for more than four years until being transferred to Sachsenhausen in October 1944, before eventually escaping on April 21, 1945; after the war, started a new life in Canada, first in Toronto then in various towns in Alberta, working as a welder, selling real estate and running a motel; spent decades as an activist, attending anniversary events and demonstrations, wearing a replica of a striped camp uniform; lived in Bayamo, in his wife's native Cuba, for his final four years; spoke both Polish and German) Amicus database, 7 September 2017 (authorized access point (1005L6890): Sobolewski, Sigmund) |
| Associated language | eng ger pol |
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