21 February 1922 | A Pole Wiktor Tołkin was born in Tołkacze. A sculptor & an architect.
In #Auschwitz from 18 November 1942.
No. 75886
Released from the camp in Feb 1944. After the war, he designed monuments at Majdanek & Stuffhof Memorials.
Tołkin passed away in May 2013.
Wictor Tołkin (21 Feb 1922 - 7 May 2013).
You were cast into Auschwitz, you were there for 15 months and you survived. We celebrate your life. Your sculpures make us remember. We remember those who did not survive. We remember the camps and the terror and the murder machinery. We remember the resistance. We remember you.
Auschwitz Memorial
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