Holocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote

Auschwitz Survivor To Return German Honour In Protest Over AfD Vote

Holocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote

The AfD, which is under state surveillance on suspicion of being right-wing extremist, has come under fire in the past for criticizing Germany's culture of remembrance around the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor to return official German medal in protest of Christian Democrats

99-year-old survivor of 3 concentration camps protests conservative leader Friedrich Merz's collaboration with far-right AfD party ahead of Feb. 23 elections - Anadolu Ajansı

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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.

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.