What is Léo Bergoffen?
'''Léo Bergoffen''' (30 October 1922 – 5 July 2020) was a German [[Jew]] who emigrated to [[France]] in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/pres-d-angers-leo-bergoffen-dernier-rescape-d-auschwitz-en-anjou-s-est-eteint-6898108|title=Près d’Angers. Léo Bergoffen, dernier rescapé d’Auschwitz en Anjou, s’est éteint|date=7 July 2020|work=Ouest France|language=French}}</ref> He was deported to [[Auschwitz]]. He was born in [[Berlin]]. In June 1942, Bergoffen went to the ''[[zone libre]]'', but was arrested by the Gendarmerie de France in August. He was deported from the [[Drancy internment camp]] to Auschwitz in the 27th convoy on 2 September 1942. His parents were both murdered at Auschwitz, but Léo survived. Bergoffen died in [[Angers]] on 5 July 2020 at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/maine-et-loire/necrologie-leo-bergoffen-dernier-survivant-de-la-shoah-en-maine-et-loire-est-decede-91f25e94-c059-11ea-a787-a3f2c5d0baf9|title=Nécrologie. Léo Bergoffen, dernier survivant de la Shoah en Maine-et-Loire, est décédé|date=7 July 2020|work=Ouest France|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergoffen, Leo}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:German Jews]] {{bio-stub}}