Virtual Talk: Manfred Goldberg – My Death March Experience

Hosted by the Wiener Holocaust Library, survivor Manfred Goldberg BEM shares his experiences of his own death march journey and liberation, led in conversation with Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History.

Author Bio:
The Wiener Holocaust Library, founded by Dr Alfred Wiener in 1933, is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and the Nazi era. The Library is dedicated to supporting research, learning, teaching and advocacy about the Holocaust and genocide, their causes and consequences.

Author Bio:
The Late Manfred Goldberg MBE BEM was born on 21 April 1930 in Kassel, Central Germany, to an orthodox Jewish family. In December 1941, Manfred, his mother and younger brother were deported to the Riga Gheto in Latvia. In August 1943, Manfred was sent to a nearby labour camp, where he was forced to work laying railway tracks. As the Red Army approached Riga, Manfred was evacuated to Stutthof Concentration Camp near Danzig (today Gdansk in Poland) in August 1944, where he spent 8 months as a slave worker. The camp was abandoned days before the war ended, and Manfred was sent on a death march in appalling conditions. He was finally liberated at Neustadt in Germany on 3 May 1945. Manfred came to the UK in September 1946 to be reunited with his father, where he graduated from London University with a degree in Electronics. He shares 4 sons and several grandchildren with his wife, Shari. Manfred passed away in November 2025. / Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway University of London, is a historian of modern Europe. He specialises in the history and historiography of the Holocaust.

Recommended Use:

Watch this testimony to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. Educators can use this with appropriate preparation and context to help students engage with lived experiences of the Holocaust and personalise this history.