List of Holocaust survivors

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There are many famous Holocaust survivors who survived the Nazi genocides in Europe and went on to achievements of great fame and notability. Those listed here were, at the very least, residents of the parts of Europe occupied by the Axis powers during World War II who survived until the end of the Holocaust (and the war). The majority of these people survived incarceration in the Nazi concentration camps, but that is not strictly necessary for the purposes of this list.

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In addition to the victims of the Holocaust who perished under the unbelievably inhumane atrocities committed by the Germans and their collaborators during 1933-45, it is the living victims who are referred to as "Holocaust Survivors." It is important to understand which persons are generally considered a "Holocaust Survivor."

The following sources venture to define the term "Holocaust Survivor:"

By Yad Vashem:

"Jews who survived the Holocaust period in Nazi-occupied Europe. It is obvious that Jews who managed to live through the mass exterminations carried out by the Nazis are 'Survivors.' However, sometimes the term Survivor also includes Jews who did not actually come into direct contact with the Nazi murder machine; some Jews fled Germany before the Nazis rose to national power, others escaped Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power but before he and the Nazis put the 'final solution' into effect, while others were persecuted not by the Nazis themselves, but by partners of the Nazis (in Nazi satellite countries or by Nazi collaborators). All of these are often considered to be 'Survivors,' as well"

By the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

"The Museum defines a survivor as a person who was displaced, persecuted, and/or discriminated against by the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political polices of the Nazis and their allies. In addition to former inmates of concentration camps and ghettos this includes, among othes, refugees and people in hiding."

By The Holocaust Historiography Project:

"A Holocaust survivor will be defined as any Jew who lived in a country at the time when it was under Nazi regime, under Nazi occupation, or under regime of Nazi collaborators, as well as any Jew who fled due to the above regime or occupation."

By the Holocaust Global Registry:

"Who are survivors? All people who were persecuted during the years of Nazi terror (1933-45), and managed to survive by whatever means possible; all who suffered persecution because they were Jewish, and all who were labeled as Jews by those in power at that time; all adults and all children, including those who were hidden, or were adopted by concerned and righteous families; all those who were forced to leave their homes to escape persecution, and found safe haven elsewhere."

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