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Eddie Willner

Eddie Willner

1926–2008

Eddie Hellmuth Willner (August 15, 1926 – March 30, 2008) was a German Jew, a US Army major, and a survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps whose World War II experiences are the subject of the 2025 book The Boys in the Light. .

Incarceration history

  1. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  2. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  3. Buchenwald concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Eddie Hellmuth Willner (August 15, 1926 – March 30, 2008) was a German Jew, a US Army major, and a survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps whose World War II experiences are the subject of the 2025 book The Boys in the Light.

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