In Memoriam Baron Paul HALTER
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It is with great sadness that the Auschwitz Foundation announces the passing of its President Baron Paul HALTER Auschwitz survivor and activist
President of the Association of Former Political Prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau Camps and Prisons of Silesia
President of the Auschwitz Foundation President of the Remembrance of Auschwitz Officer of the Order of Leopold II with two crossed swords Cross of war 1940 with palm Medal of Resistance 1940-1945 Medal of volunteer war fighter 1940-1945 Cross of political prisoner 1940-1945 Cross of Auschwitz (Poland) Federal Cross of Merit of 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany He was raised to the peerage by King Albert II of Belgium in 1996 His motto was “Duty Honor Fairness”
Born in Geneva on the 10th of October 1920 and deceased in Molenbeek, on March 30th, 2013
According to his wishes, his body will be donated to science
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