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Zigi Shipper
Polish holocaust survivor (1930–2023)
Zigi Shipper BEM | |
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| Born | Zygmunt Shipper (1930-01-18)18 January 1930 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | 18 January 2023(2023-01-18) (aged 93) |
| Known for | Holocaust survivor |
| Spouse | Jeanette (m. 1955; died 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
Zigi ShipperBEM (born Zygmunt Shipper; 18 January 1930 – 18 January 2023) was a Polish survivor of the Holocaust and public speaker.
Zigi shipper biography of william
Born and raised in Łódź, Poland, he and his family were persecuted by the Nazis and, like the other Jews in the city, were forced to live in the Łódź ghetto.
In 1944, at the age of 14, he was transported on a cattle truck to Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, but survived.
He was later transferred to Stutthof concentration camp to work in a railway yard. In March 1945, he survived a death march to Neustadt in Holstein and was eventually liberated by the British Army on 3 May 1945.
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