Following the death of Auschwitz survivor Albrecht Weinberg, Christoph Heubner, Executive Vice-President of the International Auschwitz Committee, said in Berlin:

‘It is with deepest gratitude, respect and sadness that Auschwitz survivors around the world now bid farewell to their friend, companion and fellow sufferer Albrecht Weinberg, who died at the age of 101 in Leer, East Frisia. His life was permanently shaped by the memories, and the pain he felt at the murder of his parents and all the other Jewish people who were humiliated, persecuted and ultimately murdered by the Nazis. And yet he spoke with great tenderness and openness when meeting with the many young people in Germany in recent years as a contemporary witness.

He placed his hopes in them and in their humanity, and he hoped that Germany had finally learnt its lesson from history and from the accounts of the survivors. And yet, he watched the resurgence of right-wing extremism in Germany with growing outrage and alarm.

We thank Albrecht Weinberg for the clarity of his vision, his courage, his love for humanity and his humour, and we thank his partner and carer, Gerda Dänekas, for her love and kindness.’