Adolf Laubinger
Adolf Laubinger (born April 5, 1931 in Magdeburg , † April 22, 2006 in Braunschweig ) was a German Sinto .
Life
At the age of twelve, Laubinger was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later to Buchenwald as a forced laborer. He had been in the Holocaust working group in Braunschweig since the early 1980s . Since 1985 he has been an active volunteer member of the Central Council of Sinti and Roma . Laubinger worked on film documentaries about the genocide of the Sinti and Roma. He took part in commemorative events at home and abroad, among others together with Roman Herzog , most recently on December 15, 2005 together with Matthias Platzeck , the Prime Minister of Brandenburg, in the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp . There is an autobiography of him that was published as part of the Holocaust working group.
Adolf Laubinger, together with the Central Council, was particularly committed to enforcing compensation payments for those Sinti and Roma who had suffered under the National Socialists.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BS-South. Primary source Braunschweiger Zeitung of June 10, 2006 ( Memento of May 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed March 3, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laubinger, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Sinto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2006 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |