Paul Sobol
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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[change | change source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Paul Sobol voulait témoigner "afin qu'un Auschwitz n'arrive plus jamais"" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Mémoire de la Shoah, interview de Paul Sobol, 1997
- Auschwitz Foundation Archived 2020-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Interviews with Paul Sobol Archived 2020-12-08 at the Wayback Machine at Témoins de la 2e génération.
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