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They were at the death camp at the same time. Now the survivor sees the SS guard meet his fate

Pleased at the verdict, insulted by the penalty: Manfred Goldberg tells of his reaction to last week’s conviction of Bruno Dey for his role in 5,000 deaths at Stutthof
Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg gives a testimonial during a ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day at City Hall in London. Photograph: Yui Mok/Daily Mail/PA

They were both German teenagers when they arrived at Stutthof concentration camp within a few weeks of each other in 1944. One was a 17-year-old recruit to the SS, the other a 14-year-old Jewish boy who had already spent three years incarcerated by the Nazis.

Manfred Goldberg, now 90, doesn’t know if Bruno Dey, now 93, was one of the guards that watched his every move from a tower, ready. “Atrocities of that magnitude cannot be forgotten.”

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