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Leon Greenman OBE, Auschwitz survivor 98288 (1910 – 2008)

Lancaster Unity | 08.03.2008 01:05 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | Liverpool

A truly inspiring man

The very sad news has reached us of the death of Leon Greenman at the great age of 97. I won't say anything about Mr Greenman's personal story which is pretty well covered in the Guardian piece from 2005 (below), but I will say that I had the very great pleasure of meeting and talking to him when he came to Lancaster a few years ago to speak at a meeting of the then Anti-Nazi League. Despite even then being over eighty, one was immediately struck by his boundless energy where it concerned travelling anywhere to spread the word about the Nazis and the Holocaust, what it had meant to him personally and what it means now to fight and keep on fighting to keep the menace of the far-right at bay.

Lancaster Town Hall saw its biggest ever public meeting on the night he came to talk to us and there wasn't a single person in the audience who wasn't deeply affected by what he had to say. Nor was there anyone who wasn't impressed by his complete devotion to his task and the constant work he put into it. If we had a hundred Leon Greenman's, the fight against the far-right would be over in no time. Read the quote from him at the end of this article and remember it whenever you find your energy flagging. It should inspire all of us...

More here:  http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2008/03/leon-greenman-obe-auschwitz-survivor.html

Lancaster Unity
- Homepage: http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/

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fight on....

08.03.2008 12:08

only encountered this man the once. the battle of welling as happens. it was a very sad sight to see the metropolitan police charge this holocaust survivor, first with their horses then with their truncheons and batons.
peace.......shalom........

no body in partcuklar


something about him & the UK anti-fascism

08.03.2008 13:29

Here's a fucked up bit, from somewhere else:

BBC Jerusalem correspondent Tim Franks, who interviewed Mr Greenman in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, said he literally lived behind bars there - with bars on the windows and his letterbox sealed - as he had been targeted by neo-Nazis.

But this did not stop him from doing his work or dim his determination, our correspondent said.

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