Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of 47 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-occupied poland and participated in the 1”. Today it says “polish-born holocaust survivor who was one of 58 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-oc”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Stanislaw Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor”. It now reads “Polish-born Holocaust survivor”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Stanisław Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor Stanisław "Szlomo" Szmajzner (13 March 1927 – 3 March 1989 ) was one of 58 known survivors of the Sobibór extermination camp in German-occupied Poland and participated in the 1943 camp-wide revolt and escape from Sobibór. He was born in Puławy , Poland and died in Goiânia , Brazil. Sobibor: A history of a nazi death camp .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Stanislaw Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor Stanisław "Szlomo" Szmajzner (13 March 1927 in Puławy , Poland - 3 March 1989 in Goiânia , Brazil ) was one of 47 known survivors of the Sobibór extermination camp in German-occupied Poland and participated in the 1943 camp-wide revolt and escape from Sobibór. Sobibor: A history of a nazi death camp .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Polish-born Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor Stanisław "Szlomo" Szmajzner (13 March 1927 in Puławy , Poland – 3 March 1989 in Goiânia , Brazil ) was one of 58 known survivors of the Sobibór extermination camp in German-occupied Poland and participated in the 1943 camp-wide revolt and escape from Sobibór. Sobibor: A history of a nazi death camp .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of 47 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-occupied poland and participated in the 1”. Today it says “polish-born holocaust survivor who was one of 58 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-oc”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Stanislaw Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor”. It now reads “Polish-born Holocaust survivor”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of 47 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-occupied poland and participated in the 1
Now
polish-born holocaust survivor who was one of 58 known survivors of the sobibór extermination camp in german-oc
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