Jehuda Widawski, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, died on Sunday 13 September 2026 at the age of 107. After the war, the erstwhile prisoner of the German Auschwitz camp moved to Israel, and for decades he returned to Poland to paper and renew judaic cemeteries and burial sites.
Saved from the German Auschwitz camp
On Sunday evening, Israeli media reported Jehuda Widawski's death. He was 107 years old and was considered the oldest Holocaust survivor in Israel. He survived the German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
After the war, Widawski emigrated to Israel. In subsequent years he came to Poland many times. He documented judaic burial sites and engaged in the restoration of cemeteries destroyed and neglected after the Holocaust.
Memory work
His activity was utilized to preserve traces of judaic communities that lived on Polish lands for centuries and were destroyed by German occupiers. Information on the date and place of burial is not provided in available sources.
Source: WP News, The Times of Israel
Source: WP News
