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Phillip Maisel survived after being captured during the Nazis occupation of Vilna in 1943 and later became a stalwart of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. He died just one week after his 100th birthday.
From the archives: Holocaust survivor and dedicated Melbourne Holocaust Museum volunteer Phillip Maisel died on Tuesday, eight days after celebrating his 100th birthday with twin sister Bella Hirshorn. Good Weekend has republished this article, which tells the story of how Phillip lost Bella during the war, and how they found each other again by sheer chance.
A Holocaust survivor has died just weeks after his 100th birthday - leaving behind his twin sister who he was separated from during the war.
On July 31, Phillip Maisel celebrated his 100th birthday with his twin sister Bella Hirshhorn in Melbourne.
Phillip Maisel and his sister twin sister Bella Hirshorn were born in 1922 in Vilnius and survived the war incarcerated in different camps. Phillip became a member of the partisan group, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye. Phillip was a good friend of Hirsh Glik who wrote the poem Zog Nit Keynmol (The Partisans’ Song). During this time, the…