The German Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg is on this day op 101-year-old leeftijd overleden in his woonplaats Leer, in Noord-Duitsland. This has been declared by the city council. Hij fourde in maart nog zijn 101e verjaardag, seeds met de première van a documentaire over zijn leven.
Karen Van Eyken
Journalist at HLN
Bron: BELGA
Weinberg overleefde de concentratiekampen Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora en Bergen-Belsen and various dodenmarsen. The majority of their families are destroyed by the Nazis. In 2012, the United States was founded in the Oost-Friese region. They are very active in their efforts to protect themselves from the Nazi regime.
“As an overlord of the Holocaust, Albrecht Weinberg brought his own initiative to bring about freedom of democracy in the country,” declared German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Weinberg streed dead zijn dood tegen antisemitism and right-wing extremism. Previously, there was a Federal Cross of Merit – the highest German onderscheiding – there was also a motion about migration in the German parliament was well received with the help of the extreme right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD).
