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Franciszka Mann
1917 – 1943
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryFranceska Manheimer-Rosenberg, better known as Franceska Mann, was a Polish Jewish ballerina who, according to some accounts, killed a Nazi guard, Josef Schillinger, while a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp and wounded at least one other, Wilhelm Emmerich. Her actions are said to have sparked an uprising among fellow female Jewish prisoners before she herself was killed.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 4, 1917
Warsaw
Date of death
October 23, 1943
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Citizenship
Poland
Occupations & fields
dancerballerina
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