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Holocaust Survivor and Auschwitz Committee Leader Marian Turski Dies at 98

Turski, a journalist and historian, dedicated his life to preserving Holocaust memory and warning against the dangers of hatred and indifference.

FILE - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, right,, talks with Marian Turski, a Jewish journalist, after laying a wreath at the Monument to the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
Marian Turski speaks on the occasion of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Overview

  • Marian Turski, born Moshe Turbowicz in 1926, survived Auschwitz, two death marches, and the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.
  • He became a prominent journalist in Poland, working at Polityka magazine from 1958 and authoring several books on history and memory.
  • Turski co-founded the Polish Jews and served as president of the International Auschwitz Committee.
  • In recent years, he used public speeches to warn against rising antisemitism and the dangers of societal indifference to discrimination.
  • Turski's legacy includes his advocacy for minority rights and his role in preserving the memory of the Holocaust for future generations.