US EditionHolocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote
- Albrecht Weinberg, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor, will return his Federal Order of Merit award due to a parliamentary majority in Germany that involved cooperation with the far-right for the first time since World War II.
- The motion supported by the Conservative Christian Democratic Union and Alternative for Germany called for stricter measures on migrants, which sparked controversy among Holocaust survivors.
- Weinberg stated, 'I want to give it back after the parties joined forces with the right-wing radicals.'
- Another survivor, Eva Umlauf, compared the political situation to 1930s Germany, warning against cooperation with extremist parties.
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Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote
A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used for the first time to secure a majority.
·United Kingdom
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Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, 99, to return order of merit after German parliament motion passes with far-right help
Albrecht Weinberg, 99, survived the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen. He was first condemned to forced labour in 1939 - and was freed on 15 April 1945.
·United Kingdom
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Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, his Cross of Merit and the AfD
The 99-year-old Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg wanted to return his Federal Cross of Merit - out of disappointment that Friedrich Merz was counting on the approval of the AfD. Now the old man from East Frisia wants to reconsider.
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