page_title: Selma Engel-Wijnberg
hierarchical_section_title: Selma Engel-Wijnberg
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Selma Engel-Wijnberg, enige vrouwelijke Nederlandse overlevende van voormalig nazivernietigingskamp Sobibor in Polen, heeft in Westerbork een Koninklijke onderscheiding ontvangen. Minister Klink (VWS) reikte deze aan haar uit.
context_page_description: Selma Engel-Wijnberg was a Dutch Jewish Holocaust survivor. She successfully escaped from Sobibor extermination camp and survived the war. Engel-Wijnberg came to the United States from Israel with her family in 1957. She returned to Europe only to testify against the war criminals of Sobibor.
  Engel-Wijnberg died in Branford, Connecticut on 4 December 2018 at the age of 96.
context_section_description: Selma Engel-Wijnberg (born Saartje (Selme) Wijnberg; 15 May 1922 – 4 December 2018) was a Dutch Jewish Holocaust survivor. She successfully escaped from Sobibor extermination camp and survived the war. Engel-Wijnberg came to the United States from Israel with her family in 1957. She returned to Europe only to testify against the war criminals of Sobibor.
  Engel-Wijnberg died in Branford, Connecticut on 4 December 2018 at the age of 96.
caption: Selma Engel-Wijnberg in 2010
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