Born in Kassel, Germany, in 1930, Goldberg was deported with his mother and younger brother to the Riga Ghetto in 1941 and later imprisoned in the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk.
He survived months of forced labour before being liberated in May 1945. His brother Hermann was killed by the Nazis. After settling in Britain, Goldberg became a leading voice in Holocaust education.
In September 2025, King Charles III awarded him an MBE for his contribution to remembrance and teaching.
Manfred Goldberg pictured on 10 September 2025 during an audience with King Charles III. His Majesty invested him with the insignia of a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Clarence House in London (photo: PAP/PA)
In a 2022 interview with the BBC, Goldberg recalled Stutthof’s main gate as the “Gate of Death”, saying that walking through it “was more or less a death sentence.”
The Stutthof Museum said he shared his story “with extraordinary dignity and strength,” calling him “a true witness of history whose message will endure for generations.”
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Opublikowany przez Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership Piątek, 7 listopada 2025
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