Story by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton | 86th Airlift Wing | 05.07.2021
Holocaust survivor Steven Frank spoke at the Department of Defense Education Activity Europe's Holocaust remembrance event at Ramstein Air Base, April 30, 2021...
Story by Eric Pilgrim | Fort Knox | 01.27.2021
Situated near the Tatra Mountains and the ancient city of Krakow in southern Poland was once a dirty secret — an atrocity so evil, Russian soldiers unfortunate enough to have been the first to cross under the now famous black iron arched gates on this date in 1945 most likely could barely comprehend what they were seeing. In the summer of 1985, I know I couldn’t. The first time I entered......
Story by Richard Bumgardner | U.S. Army Security Assistance Command | 04.10.2020
Col. Robert Nay, the U.S. Security Assistance Command’s Command Chaplain, tells readers why he has had such a strong interest in Holocaust history and the importance of remembering what happened more than 75 years ago....
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster | 50th Space Wing | 08.01.2019
Schriever Airmen will have the opportunity to participate in a Days of Remembrance ceremony at the fitness center, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, August 16, to recognize Holocaust survivors and the than six million European Jews and 11 million killed during the Holocaust. Staff Sgt. Jeffery Davis, 50th Network Operations Group unit deployment manager and event coordinator, said Days of......
Story by Sgt. Kayla Hocker | 20th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.03.2019
2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division and U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys hosted an intimate Days of Remembrance Observance at Freedom Chapel May 2....
Story by Airman 1st Class Kristine Legate | 355th Wing | 05.02.2019
The 355th Wing hosted its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Desert Dove Chapel, May 2, 2019. By the end of World War II ended in 1945, more than 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazi regime or by the conditions they faced while in concentration camps. In 1980, the U.S. Congress established the Days of Remembrance as our nation’s annual commemoration to victims of......
Story by Patricia Dubiel | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 04.18.2019
During the Nazi regime in the 1930s and 1940s, Nazis operated hundreds of concentration camps throughout Europe to corral more than 11 million Jews, other minority groups that were deemed “inferior,” and any sympathizers. Some of these camps were used for forced labor, others were prisons, and some were extermination camps....
Story by Capt. Daniel Parker | 210th Field Artillery Brigade | 04.12.2019
CAMP CASEY, Republic of Korea – Remembrances are a way for us to connect with key, and sometimes unfortunate, dates in history so that we never forget them. Soldiers from 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division attended an interactive Holocaust Remembrance here, April 12....
