Shmuel Shilo

Shmuel Shilo or Shmulik Shiloh (Hebrew: שמואל שילה‎; 1 December 1929 – 4 October 2011) was an Israeli actor, director and producer, born in the Second Polish Republic, and best remembered for his role on the Israeli production of Rechov Sumsum, a popular TV show based on Sesame Street.

[1] Shmuel Shilo was born in Łuck, eastern Poland (now Lutsk, Ukraine).

[3] He survived the ghetto liquidation action of August 19, 1942 in a cellar with his mother and siblings, and the subsequent deportation to Górka Połonka killing fields, but all alone on September 12, to join the slave workers in a Nazi labor camp set up at the Jewish school building.

He escaped once more, during a prisoner revolt by hiding under a work bench,[4] and survived the war in the forests amongst partisans.

He also acted in several films and television series, best known for his role on the Israeli production of Sesame Street, Rechov Sumsum.