Shmilek Yaffe was born in Oswiecim,Krakow,Poland, Poland, 1924 to David and Frida. Prior to WWII he lived in unstated place. During the war he was in Sosnowiec,Kielce,Poland, Poland. Shmilek 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.