Tuvia Blatt
E446628
Tuvia Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known as one of the few survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising and later a prominent witness and author on the Holocaust.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuvia | 1 |
| Tuvia Blatt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4488526 — 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: Tuvia Blatt Context triple: [Thomas Blatt, alsoKnownAs, Tuvia Blatt]
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A.
Peretz
Peretz is a Jewish surname most famously associated with I. L. Peretz, a seminal Yiddish and Hebrew writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Sholem Secunda
Sholem Secunda was a prominent 20th-century American composer of Yiddish theater and popular music, best known for writing the song "Bay mir bistu sheyn."
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C.
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern was a prominent early 20th-century Yiddish modernist poet known for his sharp irony, urban imagery, and innovative free-verse style.
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D.
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Yitzhak Zuckerman was a prominent leader of the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II and later a key figure in preserving its history.
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E.
Yehuda Leib
Yehuda Leib was a prominent rabbi and Zionist leader who played a key role in the religious and political life of the early State of Israel.
- 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: Tuvia Blatt Target entity description: Tuvia Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known as one of the few survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising and later a prominent witness and author on the Holocaust.
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A.
Peretz
Peretz is a Jewish surname most famously associated with I. L. Peretz, a seminal Yiddish and Hebrew writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Sholem Secunda
Sholem Secunda was a prominent 20th-century American composer of Yiddish theater and popular music, best known for writing the song "Bay mir bistu sheyn."
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C.
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern was a prominent early 20th-century Yiddish modernist poet known for his sharp irony, urban imagery, and innovative free-verse style.
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D.
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Yitzhak Zuckerman was a prominent leader of the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II and later a key figure in preserving its history.
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E.
Yehuda Leib
Yehuda Leib was a prominent rabbi and Zionist leader who played a key role in the religious and political life of the early State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust survivor
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Sobibor extermination camp survivor ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ witness to the Holocaust ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability |
authorship of memoirs on Sobibor
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survival and testimony of Sobibor uprising ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
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linked to:
Jews
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| familyName | Blatt ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Holocaust studies
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history of Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| genre | Holocaust literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Tuvia
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linked to:
Tuvia Blatt
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| hasActivity |
educating the public about the Holocaust
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giving interviews to historians and journalists ⓘ participating in documentaries about Sobibor ⓘ |
| hasExperience |
forced labor during the Holocaust
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imprisonment in Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | historical witness ⓘ |
| hasRole | eyewitness in postwar Sobibor-related trials ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
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Nazi extermination camps ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi camp system
Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Polish ⓘ |
| movement | Jewish resistance to Nazism ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Sobibor extermination camp uprising
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escape from Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising
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testimonies about Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ |
| notableWork |
From the Ashes of Sobibor
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Sobibor: The Forgotten Revolt ⓘ
linked to:
Escape from Sobibor (book)
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| occupation |
author
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lecturer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ witness in war crimes trials ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Holocaust
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World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Izbica, Poland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Barbara, California, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Israel
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Escape from Sobibor (1987 film)
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linked to:
film "Escape from Sobibor"
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tuvia Blatt Description of subject: Tuvia Blatt was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor best known as one of the few survivors of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising and later a prominent witness and author on the Holocaust.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tuvia Blatt