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| English Auschwitz survivor dies | English Auschwitz survivor dies |
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| The only Englishman known to have survived the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz has died, aged 97. | The only Englishman known to have survived the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz has died, aged 97. |
| Leon Greenman was living in Holland with his Dutch wife Esther, and their son, when they were rounded up in 1943 and sent to the death camp in Poland. | Leon Greenman was living in Holland with his Dutch wife Esther, and their son, when they were rounded up in 1943 and sent to the death camp in Poland. |
| His wife and three-year-old son Barney died there but London-born Mr Greenman survived six different death camps. | His wife and three-year-old son Barney died there but London-born Mr Greenman survived six different death camps. |
| After Buchenwald was liberated in 1945, he dedicated the rest of his life to telling the story of the Holocaust. | After Buchenwald was liberated in 1945, he dedicated the rest of his life to telling the story of the Holocaust. |
| Mr Greenman later said he had promised God if he lived, he would let the world know what happened during the war. | Mr Greenman later said he had promised God if he lived, he would let the world know what happened during the war. |
| Services against racism | |
| His first public speech took place in 1946 and in 1995 a permanent gallery telling his story was established at the Jewish Museum in north London. | His first public speech took place in 1946 and in 1995 a permanent gallery telling his story was established at the Jewish Museum in north London. |
| Three years later, he received an OBE for services against racism. | Three years later, he received an OBE for services against racism. |
| Mr Greenman never remarried and spent his final years in Ilford, east London. | Mr Greenman never remarried and spent his final years in Ilford, east London. |
| 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. |