What is Simon Gutman?
'''Simon Gutman''' (20 July 1923 – 5 October 2020) was a Polish-born French [[Holocaust]] survivor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/20120326.AFP1465/simon-gutman-survivant-du-premier-convoi-de-juifs-de-france-pour-auschwitz.html|title=Simon Gutman, survivant du premier convoi de juifs de France pour Auschwitz|date=26 March 2012|work=L'Obs|language=French}}</ref> He was born in [[Warsaw]]. Gutman was deported in the 1st Convoy to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] on 27 March 1942.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klarsfield|first1=Serge|last2=Klarsfield|first2=Beate|date=2012|title=Le Mémorial de la déportation des Juifs de France : Nouvelle édition, mise à jour, avec une liste alphabétique des noms|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location= |publisher=Fils et Filles des Déportés Juifs de France|isbn=}}</ref> His mother, Cyma, and, probably, his sister, Bella, were deported to [[Sobibor extermination camp]] in March 1943, where they died. Gutman stayed at Birkenau until 26 October 1944, when he was transferred to multiple camps, including [[Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp]], [[Concentration Camp Memorial Hailfingen-Tailfingen|Hailfingen]], [[Dautmergen]], and [[Altshausen]]. He escaped during a [[death march]]. On 5 April 1945, they met up with the [[2nd Armored Division (France)|French 2nd Armored Division]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]] and were liberated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/simon-gutman-survivant-du-premier-convoi-de-juifs-de-france-pour-auschwitz-27-03-2012-1445589_3.php#|title=Simon Gutman, survivant du premier convoi de juifs de France pour Auschwitz|date=27 March 2012|work=Le Point}}</ref> He died on 5 October 2020 at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/deces-de-simon-gutman-rescape-d-auschwitz-06-10-2020-8397948.php|title=Décès de Simon Gutman, rescapé d'Auschwitz|date=6 October 2020|work=Le Parisien|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutman, Simon}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Catego