{"id":5268,"date":"2013-05-03T00:50:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2013-05-03T00:50:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:50:10","slug":"oldest-male-nazi-camp-survivor-dies-aged-107-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=5268","title":{"rendered":"Oldest male Nazi camp survivor dies aged 107: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3107-\u057f\u0561\u0580\u0565\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0574\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0581\u0565\u056c-\u0567-\u0570\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0574\u0561\u0576-\u0573\u0561\u0574\u0562\u0561\u0580\u056b-\u0578\u0572\u057b-\u0574\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0561\u056e-\u0561\u0574\u0565\u0576\u0561\u057f\u0561\u00d6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5270\" alt=\"3107 \u057f\u0561\u0580\u0565\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0574\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0581\u0565\u056c \u0567 \u0570\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0574\u0561\u0576 \u0573\u0561\u0574\u0562\u0561\u0580\u056b \u0578\u0572\u057b \u0574\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0561\u056e \u0561\u0574\u0565\u0576\u0561\u057f\u0561\u00d6\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3107-\u057f\u0561\u0580\u0565\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0574\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0581\u0565\u056c-\u0567-\u0570\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0574\u0561\u0576-\u0573\u0561\u0574\u0562\u0561\u0580\u056b-\u0578\u0572\u057b-\u0574\u0576\u0561\u0581\u0561\u056e-\u0561\u0574\u0565\u0576\u0561\u057f\u0561\u00d6.jpg\" width=\"245\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a>The oldest known male survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, Austrian-born Leopold Engleitner, has died at the age of 107, Austrian media reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<div>Engleitner passed away on April 21 but his death was only announced now in accordance with his wishes, said the daily Salzburger Nachrichten.<\/div>\n<div>A Jehovah&#8217;s witness and conscientious objector who refused to serve in the Wehrmacht, the Austrian &#8212; born on July 23, 1905 in Strobl near Salzburg &#8212; was deported by the Nazis in 1939 and survived the concentration camps of Buchenwald , Niederhagen and Ravensbrueck before he was released in 1943 to carry out forced labour.<\/div>\n<div>He weighed just 28 kilogrammes (62 pounds) upon his release.<\/div>\n<div>Called up again in 1945, he escaped and managed to hide in the mountains.<\/div>\n<div>After the war, he led a discrete life until a biography by Bernhard Rammerstorfer in 1999, &#8220;Unbroken Will&#8221;, turned him into a much sought-after speaker.<\/div>\n<div>Engleitner travelled through Europe, Russia and the United States in the following years, giving lectures, including at the Los Angeles Simon Wiesenthal Center , and telling his story in schools and universities.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest known male survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, Austrian-born Leopold Engleitner, has died&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,224,137],"tags":[650],"class_list":["post-5268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","tag-austrian","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}