Selma Engel-Wijnberg
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 6 years ago |
Date of birth | May 15,1922 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Groningen |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | December 4,2018 |
Died | East Haven |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Spouse | Chaim Engel |
Books | Dancing Through Darkness: The Inspiring Story of Nazi Death Camp Survivors, Chaim and Selma Engel |
Dancing Through Darkness: When Love and Dreams Survived a Nazi Death Camp | |
Awards | Order of Oranje-Nassau |
Children | 3 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2530240 |
Selma Engel-Wijnberg Life story
Selma Engel-Wijnberg 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 immigrated to the United States from Israel with her family in 1957, settling in Branford, Connecticut.