Leon Greenman never remarried.
His promise to Else stayed strong.
Even when he had lost the two people he loved most, and held dearest, he never forgot them.
They forever held a prime, special, place in his heart.
The number he received in Auschwitz - 98288 - had been tattooed onto his arm.
He never got rid of it.
The memories were too strong - too painful - to get rid of.
It was also an act of defiance - an act of memory.
6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.
Leon survived.
The memories of those who perished need to be forever remembered.
They can never be repeated again.
Leon's story, though so painful, is insightful in many ways.
The struggles he constantly felt - the pain which he felt.
The agony which no one else can truly feel.
It's a story of defiance.
It shows that, in many ways, the whole country of Germany, during the reign of the third reich, had been indoctrinated.
Brainwashed to such an extent, that virtually everyone can't even be classed as a bystander.
They all had a roll to play.
The fear taking hold of them, seemingly banishing the hope and human nature.
There were people so much worse.
Hitler and Heydrich.
And, quite possibly, the worst of them all.
Himmler.
The Holocaust was his brainchild, based around the thoughts and feelings the Nazi party - specifically Adolf Hitler - possessed.;
A creation responsible millions of deaths.
But, no matter how people see the Holocaust, it can never be forgotten.
It is too painful - too extreme and horrifying - to ever be
People need to know the truth.
Lies, and half-beliefs, won't do justice in a situation like this.
And Leon, with his story, and passion to defeat all kinds of racism, managed to help the truth to be unveiled.
Along with people like Anne Frank and Zigi Shipper, stories are the most crucial evidence to learning about the Holocaust.
And we can never lose them.
98288.
His promise to Else stayed strong.
Even when he had lost the two people he loved most, and held dearest, he never forgot them.
They forever held a prime, special, place in his heart.
The number he received in Auschwitz - 98288 - had been tattooed onto his arm.
He never got rid of it.
The memories were too strong - too painful - to get rid of.
It was also an act of defiance - an act of memory.
6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.
Leon survived.
The memories of those who perished need to be forever remembered.
They can never be repeated again.
Leon's story, though so painful, is insightful in many ways.
The struggles he constantly felt - the pain which he felt.
The agony which no one else can truly feel.
It's a story of defiance.
It shows that, in many ways, the whole country of Germany, during the reign of the third reich, had been indoctrinated.
Brainwashed to such an extent, that virtually everyone can't even be classed as a bystander.
They all had a roll to play.
The fear taking hold of them, seemingly banishing the hope and human nature.
There were people so much worse.
Hitler and Heydrich.
And, quite possibly, the worst of them all.
Himmler.
The Holocaust was his brainchild, based around the thoughts and feelings the Nazi party - specifically Adolf Hitler - possessed.;
A creation responsible millions of deaths.
But, no matter how people see the Holocaust, it can never be forgotten.
It is too painful - too extreme and horrifying - to ever be
People need to know the truth.
Lies, and half-beliefs, won't do justice in a situation like this.
And Leon, with his story, and passion to defeat all kinds of racism, managed to help the truth to be unveiled.
Along with people like Anne Frank and Zigi Shipper, stories are the most crucial evidence to learning about the Holocaust.
And we can never lose them.
98288.
Leon Greenman received an OBE in February 1998.
His haunting past never truly left him.
Else and Barney had been murdered.
And, horrifyingly, when Leon was in his 80's, he received death threats.
But he continued to campaign for what he believed in.
He died peacefully on 7th March 2008, in Chipping Barnett, England.
His haunting past never truly left him.
Else and Barney had been murdered.
And, horrifyingly, when Leon was in his 80's, he received death threats.
But he continued to campaign for what he believed in.
He died peacefully on 7th March 2008, in Chipping Barnett, England.