Samuel Biegun

Samuel Biegun / Sam Biegun (M / Poland, 1932), Holocaust survivor

• KEYWORDS : Refugees <Soviet Union> -- <Poland> <Germany> <Israel> <Canada> <United States>

Biography

Samuel "Sam" Biegun was born on December 25, 1932 in Pinsk, Poland. When the war began, Russian forces occupied Pinsk and put Samuel and his family under house arrest. The family was then taken to live in Siberia in a village called Airtau for the duration of the war. After the war they returned to Poland for a short time before moving to DP camps in Germany and eventually to Israel. From there, Samuel and his wife moved to Canada and finally, the United States.

Sources

• Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive (Samuel Biegun, 1932) -- YES