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    Service members commemorate 19th ESC/Area IV Days of Remembrance

    Service members commemorate 19th ESC/Area IV Days of Remembrance

    Photo By Cpl. Woo-hyeok Yang | Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, Commanding General of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment...... read more read more

    CAMP HENRY, 27, SOUTH KOREA

    04.27.2015

    Story by Cpl. Woo-hyeok Yang 

    19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

    CAMP HENRY, KOREA-DAEGU, South Korea -- Soldiers and leaders from across Area IV gathered to honor Holocaust victims during the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command/Area IV Days of Remembrance, at the Camp Henry Theater April 23.

    April 12 through April 19 is designated as the Days of Remembrance in memory and honor of liberators, survivors and rescuers from the Holocaust. This year marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

    The theater was decorated with poster boards showing the reality of the Holocaust, titled “American Responses.” One of the posters’ highlighted the United State’s response to the crisis in the 1930s. It reads as follows: “As the Nazis increasingly persecuted Germany’s Jews in the 1930s, many Jews sought refuge in other countries. In the United States, the depression’s economic hardships intensified anti-semitism and xenophobia. The U.S. State Department enforced restrictive immigration laws, limiting the issuance of visas, making it difficult for Jews to enter the United States. While Americans participated in rallies opposing Nazi persecution, an overall sentiment of isolationism pervaded American attitudes and policy.”

    At the entrance, Soldiers handed out brochures with a signed memo from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey, Gen. Raymond Odierno and Honarary John McHugh. “The powerful stories of these individuals serve as a solemn reminder for us to promptly confront actions motivated by ideologies inflamed by hate and racism,” it stated. “It is our duty to remember these crimes committed against humanity so that such crimes are never repeated.”

    Guests watched a documentary film of Holocaust victims during the beginning of the ceremony. Then, five Soldiers from the 19th ESC read stories of victims from the Holocaust before lighting a candle to honor them.

    “Soldiers who lighted the candle researched their own victim of the Holocaust which was great job,” said Lt. Col. Benjamin Harris, Equal Opportunity program manager for 19th ESC.

    “This event reminds me of my friend, he is a descendent of (a) holocaust victim” said Spc. Jonathan M. Addis, in and out processing clerk in S-1 for the 19th ESC, and one of the Soldiers who had read the biography of a Holocaust victim. “This event taught me a lot [about the] Holocaust. By learning what happened, we can prevent it happening in the future.”

    Guest speaker Jason Kronish, director of the Busan Israel House, followed the candle lighting ceremony by highlighting the importance of remembering the Holocaust and learning from it.

    “We must take what we learned from the Holocaust and apply it against evil,” said Kronish. “I think this is one of the most important events in the Army.”

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    Date Taken: 04.27.2015
    Date Posted: 04.27.2015 21:51
    Story ID: 161469
    Location: CAMP HENRY, 27, KR

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