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The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

‘Did they learn nothing?’: Auschwitz survivor to return German honour over AfD vote role

Albrecht Weinberg poses with a photo of (L-R) him, his brother, Dieter, and his sister, Friedel.
Albrecht Weinberg poses with a photo of (L-R) him, his brother, Dieter, and his sister, Friedel. Photograph: Focke Strangmann/AFP/Getty Images

A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor has said he will return his federal order of merit to the German president in protest over MPs passing an anti-immigration motion in parliament with the support of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland.

Albrecht Weinberg, whose parents were murdered in Auschwitz, told the Guardian he was “horrified” on learning that a proposal submitted by the conservative parties had relied on the anti-immigrant, xenophobic AfD to get it over the line.

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