About: Benjamin Jacobs (dentist)

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Benjamin Jacobs, born Bronek Jakubowicz or Berek Jakubowicz, was a dentist who in 1941, was deported from his Polish village and remained a Nazi prisoner until the final days of the Second World War. He survived Auschwitz and the death march to the Baltic, with the help of his dental tools. In 2004, with co-author Eugene Pool, he recounted the Bay of Lubeck incident in a book entitled The 100-year secret : Britain's hidden WWII massacre.

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  • Benjamin Jacobs, born Bronek Jakubowicz or Berek Jakubowicz, was a dentist who in 1941, was deported from his Polish village and remained a Nazi prisoner until the final days of the Second World War. He survived Auschwitz and the death march to the Baltic, with the help of his dental tools. In 1945, he then survived the Royal Air Force attack on the ocean liners turned into prison camps in the Bay of Lubeck. After the war, he settled in Boston, USA, worked as a dentist and toured to give interviews about his wartime experiences. In 1995, he published his memoirs, The Dentist of Auschwitz: A Memoir, recounting his experiences and revulsion at having to strip gold from prisoners at Auschwitz in exchange for extra provisions for his family. In 2004, with co-author Eugene Pool, he recounted the Bay of Lubeck incident in a book entitled The 100-year secret : Britain's hidden WWII massacre. (en)
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  • Benjamin Jacobs, born Bronek Jakubowicz or Berek Jakubowicz, was a dentist who in 1941, was deported from his Polish village and remained a Nazi prisoner until the final days of the Second World War. He survived Auschwitz and the death march to the Baltic, with the help of his dental tools. In 2004, with co-author Eugene Pool, he recounted the Bay of Lubeck incident in a book entitled The 100-year secret : Britain's hidden WWII massacre. (en)
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