Auschwitz survivor who returned to live in Germany dies aged 101
Albrecht Weinberg spent years teaching students about Nazi atrocities after being imprisoned at Auschwitz and Belsen
TL;DR
- Albrecht Weinberg, who survived Nazi concentration and death camps, died in Germany at 101.
- He was incarcerated in Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen camps and survived death marches.
- Weinberg returned to Germany in his 80s and dedicated his life to educating others about the Holocaust.
- He expressed worry about future generations learning historical truths after witnesses are gone.
- Weinberg returned Germany's order of merit in protest of a parliamentary vote on migrant policy.
- A film about his life, 'Es Ist Immer in Meinem Kopf,' premiered shortly before his death.