Samuel “Igo” Willenberg, a land surveyor and sculptor, was born in Częstochowa. He was kept prisoner at the Treblinka death camp. During the selection, he said he was a bricklayer, which saved his life. His work involved, among other things, sorting the barracks. He fought in the prisoners’ uprising in Treblinka in 1943 and in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. After the war, he emigrated to Israel. He passed away in 2016.

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