A 92-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Was Killed by a Car While Crossing the Street

Dec 15, 2018, 06:16 AM


(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A 92-year-old man who survived Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust was struck and killed by a car while crossing a street near his home in Oregon.

Alter Wiener died Tuesday in Hillsboro and was pronounced dead at a hospital, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported .

Wiener endured three years in concentration camps and later in life wrote an autobiography titled, "From a Name to a Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A 92-year-old man who survived Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust was struck and killed by a car while crossing a street near his home in Oregon. Alter Wiener died Tuesday in Hillsboro and was pronounced dead at a hospital, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported . Wiener endured three years in concentration camps and later in life wrote an autobiography titled, "From a Name to a Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography.