Toivi Blatt
E446627
Toivi Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known for escaping the Sobibor extermination camp and later testifying about the uprising and Nazi atrocities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toivi Blatt canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4488525 — 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: Toivi Blatt Context triple: [Thomas Blatt, alsoKnownAs, Toivi Blatt]
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A.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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B.
Israel Scheffler
Israel Scheffler was an American philosopher of science and education known for his work on the philosophy of language, meaning, and the logic of scientific inquiry.
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C.
Len Blum
Len Blum is a Canadian screenwriter known for his work on numerous comedy films, including the 2006 reboot of The Pink Panther.
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D.
Daniel Wolf
Daniel Wolf was an American art dealer and collector known for his influential work in the photography art market and his marriage to artist and architect Maya Lin.
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E.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
- 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: Toivi Blatt Target entity description: Toivi Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known for escaping the Sobibor extermination camp and later testifying about the uprising and Nazi atrocities.
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A.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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B.
Israel Scheffler
Israel Scheffler was an American philosopher of science and education known for his work on the philosophy of language, meaning, and the logic of scientific inquiry.
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C.
Len Blum
Len Blum is a Canadian screenwriter known for his work on numerous comedy films, including the 2006 reboot of The Pink Panther.
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D.
Daniel Wolf
Daniel Wolf was an American art dealer and collector known for his influential work in the photography art market and his marriage to artist and architect Maya Lin.
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E.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust survivor
ⓘ
Sobibor extermination camp escapee ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Thomas Blatt ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-10-31 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Blatt ⓘ |
| gaveInterviewIn |
Claude Lanzmann film Shoah
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linked to:
Shoah
|
| genre | Holocaust memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Toivi ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.sobibor.net/ ⓘ |
| movement | Holocaust remembrance movement ⓘ |
| name | Toivi Blatt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Holocaust education and remembrance
ⓘ
escape from Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ participation in Sobibor uprising ⓘ testimony about Nazi atrocities ⓘ |
| occupation |
Holocaust educator
ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ witness in war crimes trials ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Sobibor uprising
ⓘ
linked to:
Sobibor extermination camp uprising
escape from Sobibor on 1943-10-14 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Izbica ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Santa Barbara, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara, California, United States
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Santa Barbara, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara, California, United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Sobibor extermination camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Sobibor
Sobibor uprising ⓘ
linked to:
Sobibor extermination camp uprising
|
| survived | Holocaust ⓘ |
| testifiedAt |
trial of John Demjanjuk
ⓘ
various Nazi war crimes trials in Germany ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedIn |
Izbica ghetto
ⓘ
Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ
linked to:
Sobibor
|
| workLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| wrote |
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
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Sobibor: The Forgotten Revolt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toivi Blatt Description of subject: Toivi Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known for escaping the Sobibor extermination camp and later testifying about the uprising and Nazi atrocities.
Referenced by (3)
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