Ivan Martynushkin | |
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Native name | Иван Мартынушкин |
Birth name | Ivan Stepanovich Martynushkin |
Born | Poshchupovo , Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union | 18 January 1924
Allegiance | Soviet Union (USSR) |
Service | Workers' and Peasants' Red Army |
Years of service | 1941–1946 |
Rank | Senior lieutenant |
Unit | 1087th Rifle Regiment of the 322nd Rifle Division |
Conflict | Eastern Front (World War II) |
Awards |
Ivan Stepanovich Martynushkin (Russian: Иван Степанович Мартынушкин; born 18 January 1924) is a Russian World War II veteran and the last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp, after the death of David Dushman in 2021.[1]