Marian Turski
Marian Turski | |
|---|---|
 Turski in 2023 | |
| Born | Moshe Turbowicz 26 June 1926 |
| Died | 18 February 2025 (aged 98) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse |
Halina Paszkowska (died 2017) |
Marian Turski (born Moshe Turbowicz; 26 June 1926 – 18 February 2025) was a Polish-Jewish historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor. He was the editor-in-chief of Sztandar Młodych.[1]
From 1942 he was in the Łódź Ghetto. His father and brother were murdered after selection. From there, in August 1944, he was deported to German Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He survived forced evacuation of the camp, the Death March of January 1945, from Auschwitz to Wodzisław Śląski, from which he was transported to KL Buchenwald.[2]
Turski died in Warsaw, Poland on 18 February 2025, at the age of 98.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Marian Turski: Deportation — Media — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Marian Turski: Przeżyłem dwa marsze śmierci. Po wojnie nic nie pamiętałem Co opowiadałem córce". 27 January 2020.
- ↑ "Marian Turski, a co-founder and friend of POLIN Museum, has passed away | Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN w Warszawie". polin.pl. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ↑ "Turski Marian | Wirtualny Sztetl". sztetl.org.pl. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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