Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
by Dr. Alex Grobman Many Holocaust survivors did not know Rabbi Abraham Klausner, a Reform rabbi, who died last week, but he had a profound influence of those who lived in post-war Germany and Austria. Klausner, who was an American Jewish chaplain, arrived at Dachau during the third week of May 1945. Convinced there would be nothing for him to […]
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Two National Guard divisions, the 42nd and the 45th, liberated Dachau in April of 1945. LTG H. Steven Blum, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited the Dachau Camp Memorial as he headed to a trip through Germany and the Balkans supporting the State Partnership Program. It’s the Chief’s belief that the State Partnership Program can help fulfill […]
Read moreThe Desert Dispatch recently wrote about Gene Selig, a Holocaust survivor who escaped from Sachsenhausen to the United States and later joined the Navy. In the article, Mr. Selig reflects on the freedom he enjoys in the U.S. on July 4th. However, he doesn’t hold anything back as he discusses his concern with the lack of many Americans’ appreciation of […]
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