Élie Buzyn
Élie Buzyn | |
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 Élie Buzyn in May 2017 in Paris | |
| Born | 7 January 1929 |
| Died | 23 May 2022 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Orthopedic surgeon |
| Known for | Survivor of The Holocaust |
| Spouse | Etty Buzyn |
| Children | Agnès Buzyn |
Élie Buzyn (7 January 1929 – 23 May 2022)[1] was a Polish-born French orthopedic surgeon, of Polish Jewish origin, a survivor and witness of The Holocaust.[2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Buzyn was born in Łódź, Poland. Initially, he was with his family in the Łódź Ghetto. As early as January 1945, in front of the advance of the Soviet Army, the Nazi authorities transferred the prisoners to the Buchenwald concentration camp, during the Death Marches. Arriving at the Buchenwald camp, he had his shoes stolen. After that, his feet froze. In the infirmary, he was told that he must have both feet amputated to prevent the development of gangrene. Frightened, he ran away from the infirmary and returned to his barracks. A Russian soldier, hearing about what had happened, recommended that he soak his feet alternately in cold and hot water. After a few days and nights, his legs began to heal.[5]
Later, he lived in Palestine for seven years, before it became the State of Israel; then, after a short stay in France, he spent two years in Oran. In 1956, he moved permanently to France and received a medical degree, and later became a surgeon. He testified to his desire to forget, which led to him being deprived of his liberty. After 50 years of silence, he decided to testify about his life to ghetto and camp survivors.[6]
Buzyn annually visited Auschwitz.[7][8]
He was knighted in the Legion of Honour in 2014[9] and commanded an Ordre des Palmes académiques in 2017.[10]
Élie Buzyn was the husband of Etty Buzyn, psychologist, psychoanalyst and writer. He was the father of Agnès Buzyn, president of the College of the High Authority for Health then Minister of Health from 2017 to 2020.[11] He died on 23 May 2022 at the age of 93.
References
[edit]- ^ Elie Buzyn, ancien déporté et grand témoin de la Shoah, est mort Le Monde (in French)
- ^ "Les libérations des camps et le retour des déportés". liberation-camps.memorialdelashoah.org.
- ^ Voir, Patrice Gascoin. L'enfant de Buchenwald est toujours en vie. Le Figaro.fr 8 avril 2015.
- ^ "Auschwitz : plus qu'un simple numéro". euronews. January 26, 2015.
- ^ AFP, Par Times of Israel Staff et. "Elie Buzyn, survivant d'Auschwitz et relais de la mémoire". fr.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ "Breaking News Videos". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Le poignant voyage de la mémoire du grand rabbin de France à Auschwitz". i24news.tv.
- ^ "A Auschwitz, Jean Castex appelle à la vigilance contre les falsificateurs de l'histoire". Le Monde.fr. January 28, 2022 – via Le Monde.
- ^ "Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination — Légifrance". archive.wikiwix.com.
- ^ "Les Palmes Académiques pour Georges Loinger et Elie Buzyn, témoins de l'histoire de l'OSE". Oeuvre de secours aux enfants. September 4, 2017.
- ^ "Agnès Buzyn". LExpress.fr. May 17, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Élie Buzyn, grands entretiens, JB Peretie INA 2005 (vidéo et transcription) Elie Buzyn. Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux — Ina.fr
- 1929 births
- 2022 deaths
- People from Łódź
- Nazi-era ghetto inmates
- Holocaust survivors
- Łódź Ghetto inmates
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Auschwitz concentration camp survivors
- Buchenwald concentration camp survivors
- Holocaust commemoration
- French orthopedic surgeons
- Polish emigrants to France
- Polish people of Jewish descent
- French people of Polish-Jewish descent
- 20th-century French Jews
- 21st-century French Jews