Eve Kugler, child survivor of the Holocaust, dies at 94
- George Leitmann, a Holocaust survivor born in Vienna in 1925, volunteered for the US Army at age 18 and fought against Nazi Germany during World War II.
- His family fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1940, but his father Josef was denied a US visa and separated from them, a loss Leitmann deeply felt during the war.
- Leitmann served in the 286th Combat Engineer Battalion, part of the 6th US Army, and helped liberate the Kaufering concentration camp in southern Germany in 1945.
- He recalled the Waffen SS rounding up children and handing them Panzerfausts before killing them, saying, "The front line was extremely fluid" and reflecting that "you can't trust yourself."
- Leitmann's wartime experiences shaped his life and academic career in the US, and he remains concerned about rising fascist ideas today, turning 100 in May 2025.
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Eve Kugler, child survivor of the Holocaust, dies at 94
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