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Oldest Ausschwitz survivor dies

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Oldest Ausschwitz survivor dies

The Standaard Online News

Presumably the oldest survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau died on sunday in the Polish town of Debno.Antoni Dobrowolski was 108 years old. Dobrowolski,a former teacher of Polish,was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 for having given lessons in secret.After the invasion of Poland in 1939 ,the Nazi's only allowed 4 years of basic education.This in an effort to eradicate the Polish culture. After spending time in Auschwitz,Dobrowolski was transferred to KZ Gross-Rosen and later still to Sachenhausen,where he was liberated in 1945.

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10/22/2012

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