Ivan Martynushkin

Ivan Martynushkin
Martynushkin in 2005
Native name
Иван Мартынушкин
Birth nameIvan Stepanovich Martynushkin
Born (1924-01-18) 18 January 1924 (age 100)
Poshchupovo [ru], Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union (USSR)
Service / branchWorkers' and Peasants' Red Army
Years of service1941–1946
RankSenior lieutenant
Unit1087th Rifle Regiment of the 322nd Rifle Division
ConflictEastern Front (World War II)
Awards

Ivan Stepanovich Martynushkin (Russian: Иван Степанович Мартынушкин; born (1924-01-18)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]

  1. ^ "To liberate Auschwitz, David Dushman drove a Soviet tank through its barbed wire. Horrors awaited inside". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 8 June 2021.