Thomas Blatt
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Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Blatt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T349869 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Blatt Context triple: [Sobibor, notableSurvivor, Thomas Blatt]
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A.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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D.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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E.
Thomas N. Margulis
Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Blatt Target entity description: Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
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A.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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D.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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E.
Thomas N. Margulis
Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust survivor
ⓘ
human ⓘ public speaker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
Holocaust remembrance
ⓘ
education about Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Toivi Blatt
ⓘ
Tuvia Blatt ⓘ |
| birthName | Tomasz Blatt ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| causeOfDeath | complications from dementia ⓘ |
| consultedOn | film "Escape from Sobibor" ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-10-31 ⓘ |
| escapedFrom |
Sobibor
ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
|
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Holocaust studies
ⓘ
memory and testimony of Sobibor ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust memoir
ⓘ
historical non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
Sobibor
ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
|
| knownFor |
documenting the history of Sobibor
ⓘ
escape from Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| laterNationality | American ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Blatt self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Polish ⓘ |
| notableWorkSubject |
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
ⓘ
Sobibor ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
|
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
consultant on Holocaust history ⓘ lecturer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Sobibor extermination camp uprising
ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor uprising
|
| placeOfBirth | Izbica, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Barbara, California, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Santa Barbara, California, United States
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| roleInEvent | witness at Nazi war crimes trials ⓘ |
| spouse | blanka Blatt ⓘ |
| subjectOf | obituaries in major international newspapers ⓘ |
| survivedEvent | Holocaust ⓘ |
| testifiedAt | trial of John Demjanjuk (Sobibor guard case) ⓘ |
| wrote |
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
ⓘ
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor: The Forgotten Revolt
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Blatt Description of subject: Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.