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Samuel Willenberg, a survivor of the Treblinka Nazi camp, died at the age of 93 in Israel

February 25, 2016
Samuel Willenberg, one of the three interviewees (two of whom were in Israel and one in Uruguay) for the film *A pesar de Treblinka*, produced by Universidad ORT Uruguay 2002, passed away in Israel on February 19, 2016, at the age of 93. The film won the Special Mention Award in the Documentary category at the 20th Montevideo Film Festival. Gerardo Stawsky was the film’s director and screenwriter.
Willenberg was the last survivor of the Treblinka uprising that took place in August 1943.