Thomas Blatt

Thomas "Toivi" Blatt (born Tomasz Blatt; April 15, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was a Polish-American writer and speaker. At the age of 16, Blatt was one of the few Jewish people to survive an uprising and escape from the Sobibor extermination camp in October 1943.

Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt in 2013 during a return to Sobibór marking the 70th anniversary of the camp uprising
Born	Tomasz Blatt (1927-04-15)April 15, 1927 Izbica, Poland
Died	(2015-10-31)October 31, 2015 (aged 88) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Nationality	Polish, American
Known for	Survivor of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising

Following the World War II he settled in the United States. Blatt later wrote two books about Sobibor. His memoir, From The Ashes of Sobibor (1997), is about his experience in the camp. He also wrote Sobibor, the Forgotten Revolt (1997), a history based on his years of research.^[1]

Blatt died at his home in Santa Barbara, California on October 31, 2015 at the age of 88.^[2]

References

1. Blatt, Thomas Toivi (2000), Sobibor – The Forgotten Revolt (Google Books snippet view), H.E.P., pp. 3, 92, ISBN 0964944200
2. Vanessa Gera, Thomas Blatt, survivor of escape from Sobibor dies at 88. Associated Press, Nov. 2, 2015.

Other websites

Media related to Thomas Blatt at Wikimedia Commons

• Interview of Thomas Blatt, WMRA
• Escape from Sobibor on IMDb
• Thomas Blatt at the memorial site of Sobibor, October 2010 Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine