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Denis Avey

Denis Avey

British soldier
Denis Avey was a British veteran of the Second World War who was held as a prisoner of war at E715, a subcamp of Auschwitz. While there he saved the life of a Jewish prisoner, Ernst Lobethal, by smuggling cigarettes to him. For that he was made a... Wikipedia
Born: January 11, 1919, Essex, United Kingdom
Died: July 16, 2015 (age 96 years), Bakewell, United Kingdom
Other work: Engineer; author