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Rudolf Vrba

Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (–)

Rudolf Vrba

Vrba in New York, November , during an interview with Claude Lanzmann for the documentary Shoah

Born

Walter Rosenberg


()11 September

Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia

Died27 March () (aged&#;81)

Vancouver, Canada

CitizenshipBritish (), Canadian ()
Education
Occupation(s)Associate professor of pharmacology, University of British Columbia
Known&#;forVrba–Wetzler report[1]
Spouse(s)

Gerta Vrbová

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Robin Vrba

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Children2
Awards
  • Czechoslovak Medal of Bravery (c.&#;)
  • Order of Slovak National Insurrection (Class 2)
  • Medal of Honor of Czechoslovak Partisans
  • Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa, University of Haifa ()
  • Order of the White Double Cross, 1st class, Slovakia ()

Rudolf Vrba (born Walter Rosenberg; 11 September &#;– 27 March ) was a Slovak-Jewish biochemist who,