Overview
- City authorities in Leer confirmed Tuesday that Weinberg died at 101, only weeks after a film about his life premiered.
- Weinberg survived Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora and Bergen-Belsen and endured three death marches, while most of his family was murdered.
- After decades in New York, he returned to East Frisia about 14 years ago and spent his later years teaching students about Nazi crimes.
- He received Germany’s Order of Merit in 2017 and returned it in 2025 to protest a migration vote that passed with support from the far-right AfD.
- President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israel’s ambassador Ron Prosor praised him as a vital witness and a steadfast voice for democratic values.