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Holocaust survivor Hermann Höllenreiner dies at 92

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC · How we work

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Hermann Höllenreiner, a Sinti survivor, died at 92 in Mettenheim, Bavaria, on October 16, 2026.
He survived Auschwitz, Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen as a child and later escaped a death march.
After rescue by liberated French prisoners, he was taken to their home and reunited with relatives in 1946.
He later visited Auschwitz with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and began publicly speaking as a major Holocaust witness.

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Hermann Höllenreiner, a Sinti survivor, died at 92 in Mettenheim, Bavaria, on October 16, 2026.
He survived Auschwitz, Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen as a child and later escaped a death march.
After rescue by liberated French prisoners, he was taken to their home and reunited with relatives in 1946.
He later visited Auschwitz with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and began publicly speaking as a major Holocaust witness.