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Carl Zeiss Jena Launches Fundraiser for Heiko Weber’s Cancer Care

A club-led fundraiser seeks to cover pain therapy for the 60-year-old club icon.

Overview

  • The campaign was organized on GoFundMe by club figures Christian Gürtler, Andreas Böhnwald and Mike Ukena after earlier private collections by former assistant coach Marco Kämpfe.
  • Organizers state the donations will help cover substantial pain therapy costs intended to ease Weber’s daily life.
  • Supporters donated quickly, with outlets reporting thousands of euros raised within hours and differing tallies by Saturday afternoon.
  • BILD cited more than €6,000 raised toward an €8,000 goal, while TAG24 reported over €12,000 collected within about eight hours.
  • Coverage confirms Weber is seriously ill with cancer, and one outlet named pancreatic cancer, a detail not independently corroborated elsewhere.