Versöhnung mit dem Bösen – Holocaust-Überlebender berichtet über das Weiterleben

In wenigen Wochen wird Leon Weintraub 97 Jahre alt. Ein Triumph – nicht nur wegen des gesegneten Alters, sondern weil er sich als Sieger versteht. Der Arzt hat den Holocaust überlebt. Darüber berichtet er in der KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg.

von Alexander Pausch

Der Holocaust-Überlebende Leon Weintraub spricht bei einem Pressegespräch über sein Buch "Versöhnung mit dem Bösen."

Bild: Swen Pförtner

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