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- Birth nameDavid Dario Gabbai
- Dario Gabbai was born on September 2, 1922 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was an actor, known for Finding Nico (2010), The Last Days (1998) and Auschwitz (2015). He died on March 25, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lives since 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
- Brother of Jakob Gabbai and cousin of Schlomo Venezia and Morris Venezia. They were all deported with their families and arrived in Auschwitz on 11 April 1944. They were all chosen to become part of the 'Sonderkommando' in Auschwitz-Birkenau. They witnessed the Sonderkommando uprising in Auschwitz-Birkenau on 7 October 1944. Dario Gabbai survived and was later liberated by the US Army. Today he's the last known survivor of the 'Sonderkommandos'.
- He worked in California outside the entertainment business, but he had once a small role in the war film The Glory Brigade (1953). His photo album contains pictures of him on set with Victor Mature and a young Lee Marvin. [Hollywood Reporter].
- Was the director of a curtain factory in Los Angeles, California.
- If you were not looking young and powerful, you went directly to the gas chamber. (...) Ten times this way, one time that way. Ten times to the gas chamber, one time to work. [1999]
- Day after day, thousands were dying, butchered and gassed, and we were doing the work. How can you find peace of mind? Inside of us now there is somebody else. [1999]
- All of a sudden an order came from Berlin to stop the killing. No more transports. (...) The Germans were blowing up everything in sight, and especially the crematories, trying to erase any evidence. [1999]
- They used to change the Sonderkommandos every six months because we knew how the final solution was done. [1999]
- We told them [2 Greek friends] they were going to die. We told them where to go to die fast, where the gas was coming down. [1999]
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