Albrecht
Weinberg, a Holocaust Survivor, died today (May 12, 2026) in Leer, Germany.
He
was 101 years old.
Albrecht
was born on March 7, 1925 in Rhauderfehn, Germany.
He
was the youngest of three Children.
He
was deported to the Auschwitz Death Camp in German-Occupied Poland in 1943.
He
was also imprisoned in the Mittelbau-Dora and Bergen Belsen Concentration Camps.
He
survived several Death Marches.
He
immigrated to the United States in 1947.
When
he was in his 80s he returned to Germany and became an important Witness to the
Holocaust.
In
2017 he was awarded Germany’s Order of Merit, but handed it back last year in
protest after a Parliamentary Vote led by Friedrich Merz (who is now Germany’s
Chancellor) called for more Migrants to be turned back at Germany’s Borders
passed with the help of a Far-Right Party.
A
2026 Film about his life called “Es ist immer in meinem Kopf” (English: It Is
Always In My Head) premiered earlier this year.
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