Michel Velleman

Michel Velleman (5 January 1895 – 2 July 1943),[1] known by his stage name Professor Ben Ali Libi, was a Jewish magician who was murdered in the Sobibor death camp during World War II. Dutch poet Willem Wilmink wrote a poem about his being murdered by the Nazis.

Michel Velleman
Professor Ben Ali Libi during a show at the Old Men's and Women's almshouse in Amsterdam in 1933
Born
Michel Velleman

(1895-01-05)5 January 1895
Groningen, Netherlands
Died2 July 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 48)
Sobibór extermination camp
OccupationMagician

Velleman was living in Amsterdam on Merwedeplein 59 when he was abducted during a razzia in 1942.[1] He wrote a book of magic tricks that was published in 1925.[2]

References
  1. Michel Velleman in Joods Historisch Museum monument to victims of the Shoah
  2. Een serie goocheltoeren en kunstjes met eenvoudige hulpmiddelen, by Professor Ben-Ali-Libi (Pseudonym of Michel Velleman, Amusementsbureau Ben-Ali-Libi, 1925


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