Denis Avey
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 9 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 11,1919 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Essex |
| United Kingdom | |
| Died | Bakewell |
| United Kingdom | |
| Awards | British Hero of the Holocaust |
| Date of died | July 16,2015 |
| Books | The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz |
| The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz Lib/E: A True Story of World War II | |
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| ID | 3363827 |
Denis Avey Life story
Denis Avey 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. For that he was made a British Hero of the Holocaust in 2010.
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