Leopold Engleitner, the oldest known male survivor of the Nazi concentration camps during World War II, has died at age 107, reports from Austria have confirmed.
According to the AFP, Engleitner, a Jehovah's witness and conscientious objector, actually died on April 21, but his death was not announced until now.
Engleitner was born on July 23, 1905 in Stobol, a town near Salzburg. In 1939, the Nazis deported him and he survived life at the Buchenwald, Niederhagen and Ravensbrueck concentration camps. In 1943, he was released, but only to do forced labor. At the time, he weight just 62 pounds.
The Associated Press reports that towards the end of the war, the Nazi’s called him again to fight, but he escaped to Tyrol, where he stayed until the war ended in 1945.
He had a very private life after the war, but in 1999, he worked with Bernhard Rammerstorfer on Unbroken Will. After its release, he began traveling the world to speak about his experiences. His life was also the subject of a short film titled Ladder in the Lion's Den.
The AFP reports that Alice Herz-Sommer, who was born in 1903, is believed to be the oldest living survivor of the concentration camps.
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