Philip Balaban was born in Radziwillow, Poland to Israel and Shifra. Prior to WWII he lived in Radziwillow, Poland. During the war he was in Siberia Region, Russia (USSR). Philip survived the Shoah.
Jews deported to or imprisoned in camps, ghettos or forced labor frameworks, who were in hiding, in clandestinity or resistance formations, or suffered relentless persecution under antisemitic legislation in territories controlled by the Nazis or their allies, and were alive by the end of 1945 are considered Shoah survivors.