11 Facts About Dov Freiberg

Dov Freiberg born Berek Freiberg, was a Holocaust survivor, writer, and witness at the Eichmann trial and the Demjanjuk case.

Dov Freiberg was born to Moses and Rebecca Freiberg in 1927 in Warsaw, Poland.

Dov Freiberg was then forced to do other tasks including cutting the hair of the women before they went to the gas chambers.

Dov Freiberg managed to survive the regime of daily abuse, starvation and cruel treatment for about 17 months.

In October 1943, Dov Freiberg participated in the Sobibor prisoners' revolt and he managed to escape into nearby woods and joined the Joseph Serchuk's Jewish partisan unit in the Lublin area of occupied Poland until the Soviet Army liberated the region in July 1944.

Dov Freiberg then settled in Ramle, where he joined the army for military service and served as a sapper in the Engineering Corps.

Dov Freiberg testified at 1961 at the Eichmann trial, where he told about the horrors of the extermination camp Sobibor.

Dov Freiberg was a popular lecturer, and he lectured frequently before students, soldiers, officers, and educational organisations for Holocaust studies.

Dov Freiberg went twice with youth delegations to Poland as a survivor.

Dov Freiberg was invited by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to formally participate in the official visit to Poland.

Dov Freiberg testified at the Demjanjuk trial in 1986 in Israel, testifying against Demjanjuk's release, claiming that he should be tried for his crimes at the Sobibor death camp.