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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Russian attack on Kharkiv kills Holocaust survivor, 96

Boris Romanchenko wearing a blue and white striped shirt with his prisoner number in front of Buchenwald concentration camp during a memorial
Boris Romanchenko survived four Nazi concentration camps. Photograph: Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation/Twitter

A 96-year-old man who survived a string of Nazi concentration camps including Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen has been killed by an explosion during the Russian assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, a spokesperson for the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial foundation has confirmed.

“We are shocked to confirm the violent death of Boris Romanchenko, whose niece informed us on Monday morning that he died last Friday after a bomb or rocket hit the multistorey building where he lived in Kharkiv and his apartment was burned out,” a spokesperson told the Guardian.

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