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Last update - 17:17 08/03/2008 Leon Greenman, only Briton held at Auschwitz, dies at 97 By Reuters Tags: Auschwitz, Netherlands Leon Greenman, the only Englishman in the Auschwitz death camp, died in a London hospital on Friday aged 97, the Jewish Museum said. Greenman's Dutch wife Esther and three-year-old son Barney died in the World War Two concentration camp. "He recently broke his leg and was in hospital in North London when he died today," a museum spokeswoman said. Advertisement Greenman, who survived six concentration camps and a 90 km death march from Auschwitz, swore during his captivity that if he survived he would spend the rest of his life telling the world what had happened to him and millions of other prisoners. It was a promise he kept, writing a book "An Englishman in Auschwitz" and lecturing widely until very recently. In 1988 he received an honour, the OBE, for his work against racism. Born in London on Dec. 18, 1910, Greenman moved to Rotterdam with his family at the age of five. He met Esther van Dam, who was Dutch but lived in London, in the early 1930s. They married in London in 1935 but returned to Rotterdam to care for her grandmother. Their son Barney was born in 1940. The Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, and in October 1942 the Greenmans were taken from their home with several hundred other Jews and sent first to Westerbork and then Auschwitz, where his wife and son died in the gas chamber. Greenman was liberated from Buchenwald on April 11, 1945 by the American 3rd Army. He never remarried and grieved for his wife and son for the rest of his life, the museum said. More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   From Pyongyang N. Korea expresses hope for stronger ties with Syria. Peres in Paris Pres. tells Le Figaro Israel won't act alone to halt Iran.   1.   never forget 22:17  |  Josh 07/03/08   2.   Leons Life Reminder 22:28  |  Zev 07/03/08   3.   My respects 22:34  |  H 07/03/08   4.   He was captured in Holland,but Brits delivered to Nazis Jews from 23:13  |  Absolute Sweden 07/03/08   5.   Kol hakvod Leon Greenman 03:31  |  K 08/03/08   6.   #4 Absolute Sweden, Would Brits behave like Danes if occupied??? 12:06  |  Max Zinger P.Chimist 08/03/08   7.   Max,it was not on a whim Hess flew to England 12:50  |  Absolute Sweden 08/03/08   8.   Max,an afterthought : If Brits were lead by Rabin,Peres or Olmert 13:33  |  Absolute Sweden 08/03/08   9.   Leon Greenman a tribute 13:51  |  K 08/03/08   10.   #7 Absolute Sweden a total numpty 14:09  |  Chris Linthwaite 08/03/08   11.   Proud 14:25  |  Stephen 08/03/08   12.   Leon Greenman 15:36  |  Billy Schofield 08/03/08   13.   Leon Greenman 16:49  |  Chris Linthwaite 08/03/08   14.   He was inspirational 17:22  |  Jeroen de Jager 08/03/08   15.   g-d bless 19:15  |  TAZ 08/03/08   16.   r.i.p leon 20:41  |  paul sillis 08/03/08   17.   Leon Greensman 23:54  |  Simon 08/03/08   18.   you and yours will not be forgotten 00:35  |  s 09/03/08   19.   Jane Haining 09:36  |  Brian 09/03/08   20.   Leon Greenman 10:37  |  Ken 09/03/08   21.   Esther`s niece 19:12  |  Cindy May (Vanslewis 09/03/08

Today Online Palestinians: Hamas, Hezbollah cooperated on Jerusalem attack Responses: 157 Shin Bet chief: Chances of fresh Intifada are low Responses: 58 Jewish Agency to start anti-terror drive in wake of J'lem attack Responses: 37 Gideon Levy: Mercaz Harav produced the rabbis who led the vilest form of Zionism Responses: 101 Editorial: Peace now, or eternal conflict later Responses: 37 Rosner's Domain Whose Jerusalem Is It, anyway? Poll: Should Abbas and Olmert continue their talks? An Israeli and a crocodile (WTR) The Israel Factor: What's wrong with Obama? Rosner's Mailbox: Stop focusing on Israel's favorability polls More Headlines 17:41 Shin Bet chief: Chances of fresh Intifada are low 19:24 FM: Creation of Palestinian state amid current conditions threatens Israeli security 18:03 PM okays 750 new settlement homes, says fits state policy 14:16 IDF soldier dies of wounds sustained in Gaza border ambush 19:01 Angry students cut short Tamir's visit to stricken J'lem yeshiva 17:51 Report: Hamas leader says hundreds of militants trained in Iran, Syria 16:38 Study: Boston's intermarried 'as observant' as Reform Jews 17:52 Likud MK to propose ban on public mourning for terrorists 12:29 Palestinians: Hamas, Hezbollah cooperated on Jerusalem terror attack 14:28 Kuwaiti analyst: Best if Israel, not U.S., destroys Iranian nukes 13:01 For stricken yeshiva, trauma of terror attack likely to linger Previous Editions Select Day 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar 03 mar 02 mar 29 feb 28 feb 27 feb 26 feb 25 feb 24 feb

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