Andrei Moiseyenko From Minsk Celebrated His Centenary Anniversary
3- 2.05.2026, 9:50
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He is an honorary citizen of Weimar, Germany.
Minsk resident Andrei Moiseyenko is one of the two living prisoners of the concentration camp "Buchenwald". On May 1, the man celebrated his centennial in the German city of Weimar. Information about it is posted on the website of Weimar, of which he is an honorary citizen. Not far from Weimar was once the site of Buchenwald.
Andrei Moiseenko was born in 1926 in the Soviet Union, in what is now Ukraine, the stern.de writes, citing the dpa news agency. He lost his mother early, and his father died in the war in 1941.
At the age of 15, he, a teenager, was taken to Germany for forced labor. Here the boy was forced to work at a weapons factory in Leipzig. Later, because of suspicions that he participated in the resistance, he was transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was forced to work at a stone quarry.
- What happened in Buchenwald is beyond human imagination, - the man is quoted by Telegram channel DW Belarus. - They were creatures (we are talking about prisoners. - Editor's note) from whom everything human, everything spiritual was erased.
American troops liberated the man on April 14, 1945 - just before the SS was about to shoot his group.
- We were only 500-800 meters away from death," he recalled. - I survived by chance.
Only a few months after Andrei Moiseenko returned from the concentration camp, he was drafted into the Red Army. He served in Belarus and settled here.
- I had nowhere else to go, - he recalled.
The last 25 years the man lives alone, having outlived his wife and sons. But he actively travels - last year he was in Japan, learns German, works in his own garden at the cottage.
- I work for two hours, then take an hour break, then again two hours of work - and then again a break, - quotes Andrei Ivanovich Telegram-channel DW Belarus. Such activity, he jokes, is the secret of his longevity.
Despite his age, the man comes to the Buchenwald Museum every year. The Belarusian sees the commemorative events as an opportunity to communicate with people. He speaks to students at lectures and movie screenings and wants to continue sharing his story as long as possible.
- I am grateful that there are people who are interested in my story, - says Andrei Ivanovich.
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