Selma Engel-Wijnberg
Dutch Holocaust survivor (1922–2018)
Died aged 96TaurusKingdom of the Netherlands
Biography
Selma Engel-Wijnberg (born Saartje "Selme" Wijnberg; 15 May 1922 – 4 December 2018) was one of only two Dutch Jewish Holocaust survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp. She escaped during the 1943 uprising, hid in Poland, and survived the war. Engel-Wijnberg emigrated to the United States from Israel with her family in 1957, settling in Branford, Connecticut. She returned to Europe again only to testify against the war criminals of Sobibor. In 2010 she was in the Netherlands to receive the governmental honour of Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
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Awards & honours (1)
- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Quick answers about Selma Engel-Wijnberg
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- Selma Engel-Wijnberg died on December 4, 2018 at the age of 96.
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- Selma Engel-Wijnberg was born on May 15, 1922.
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- Selma Engel-Wijnberg was born in Groningen.
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- Selma Engel-Wijnberg is a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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- Selma Engel-Wijnberg is known as diarist.
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