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1LT Freeman, Fern May 08, 2008 09:05 AM | Location:
COB Adder, Iraq Message:
Greetings from the COB Adder/ Ali Airbase EO team. Our Days of Remembrance activities started on 27 April with a mini museum display shown at the Main Chapel. We also put up two tri-folds as you entered the DFAC, explaining events during the Holocaust. We had an essay contest that encouraged military and civilians alike to participate. On 2 May 2008, we had our Observance program. Within the program we recognized the winners of the essay contest (per brigade and overall installation), two guest speakers; one spoke on his visit and experience to a concentration camp; the other spoke on his grandparent's experience during the Holocaust. All activities were successful.
I would like to thank JoAnna Wasserman and USHMM for sending posters, ID cards, the dvd and literature, and their support in making the Remembrance a success here in theater. |
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SFC Cuthbert May 06, 2008 04:27 AM | Location:
CAMP VICTORY IRAQ Message:
The 18TH MP BDE sponsored the MNC-I Holocaust Observance here at Camp Victory Iraq. The 18TH MP BDE set-up a Museum format Holocaust Observance on May 02, 2008. We had a Electronic Flame Machine set-up as the Eternal Flame and did a ceremony for the Eternal Flame to open the Photo Gallery Display. The Photo Gallery Display was 1000-1600. The 18TH MP BDE had a Dedication Ceremony at 1400. During the Gallery Display videos explaining the Holocaust were playing. The program went well and The 18TH MP BDE plans on using this program again in the future. |
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SFC Lui V. Salt April 22, 2008 03:04 AM | Location:
Camp Striker, Iraq Message:
The 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade here at Camp Striker Iraq remembers the victims of the holocaust by setting up display boards at our dining facilities here at Camp Striker, Iraq. During lunch time the Emmy Award and Academy Award winner documentary about a survivor, Gerda Weissmann Klein, will be shown in the dinning facilities. Gerda, author of several books, also wrote a book “All But My Life” is a very inspiring book of a true survivor.
We appreciate the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for the providing us with resources to make this event a success. The documentary about the life of Gerda Weissmann Klein was so moving and touching. Again, thank you so much for supporting us with our program.
SFC Lui V. Salt |
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MSG Mendoza March 17, 2008 04:01 PM | Location:
Honolulu, Hawaii Message:
Aloha! The 9th Mission Support Command (MSC)(previously 9th RRC) was privileged to host the original are work of Dr. Robert O. Fisch, survivor of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. This year will are extremely pleased to host Dr. Fisch's visit to Oahu, Hawaii.
In collaboration with other Equal Opportunity Advisors at other installations on Hawaii, Dr. Fisch is scheduled to speak with our military at Fort Shafter Flats, Schofield Barracks, Tripler Army Medical Center, and the Marine Corps Airbase-Kanoehe. In addition, we have coordinated for Dr. Fisch to speak to the students of two middle schools.
Dr. Fisch wrote of his experience and the lesson he learned from the Holocaust - that Love overcomes Hate - in a book titled "Light from the Yellow Star." His exhbition can be viewed online at www.yellowstarfoundation.org.
Dr. Fisch will speak at observances/venues from 28 April until 2 May.
Thank you US Holocaust Memorial Museum for the resources and encouragement you provide.
A hui hou,
MSG Sophia Mendoza |
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Captain Aaron Scheer April 24, 2007 03:29 AM | Location:
Incirlik AB, Turkey Message:
This year we held a rose planting ceremony accompanied with a marble plaque honoring the memory of Selahattin Ulkumen, one of Turkey's Righteous Gentiles. He saved 50 Jews from the Holocaust while serving in the Turkish Consulate on Rhodes. An officer from the Turkish Air Force, as well as a member of the local (Turkish) Jewish community participated. Article in link below.
http://www.incirlik.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123049953 |
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MSG Sophia Mendoza April 15, 2007 08:26 PM | Location:
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii Message:
Aloha!
The 9th Regional Readiness Command in collaboration with other units located on Fort Shafter will host the 2007 Days of Remembrance Observance on 16 April 2007. We are privileged to present the original art of Dr. Robert O. Fisch, a survivor of the Holocaust. The exhibit contains 17 original paintings framed and accompanied by text. The paintings will be shown from 14 April until 1 May at Bulding 1554, Fort Shafter Flats, during normal duty hours.
Dr. Fisch wrote of his experience and the lesson he learned from the Holocaust - that Love overcomes Hate - in a book titled "Light from the Yellow Star." His exhbition can be viewed online at www.yellowstarfoundation.org.
Our observance will be conducted on 16 April 2007 from 1030 - 1130 followed by a Gallery Viewing of Dr. Fisch's art and a Kosher food sampling provided by Yudi Weinbaum, Executive Chef, Oahu Kosher.
During our observance we will present a Power Point Presentation titled "Children of the Holocaust" accompanied by Violinist Dr. Lisa Gomes; an experience titled "A Walk Through a Post WWII Cemetery" in which the audience closes their eyes and listens to voices from the past; and "Light from the Yellow Star, A Narration" presented by Staff Sergeant Eli Handler, 94th AAMDC, about the message of Dr. Fisch and in which he evokes a pledge to act against the crime of indifference and the conspiracy of silence.
Thank you US Holocaust Memorial Museum for the resources and encouragement you provide.
A hui hou,
MSG Sophia Mendoza |
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SSG Davis, Lavelle March 14, 2007 08:57 AM | Location:
Torii Station, Okinawa Japan Message:
The US Army on Torii Station in Okinawa Japan will be hosting the “Days of Remembrance” of the Holocaust on the 24th thru the 27th of April. We are still in the process of finalizing the events but I will try to inform you on what we are planning.
On the 24th, we will have a free showing of “The Pianist”. The 2002 Best Picture at the Cannes International Film Festival.
On April 25th we are having a reading of the Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl” at our local church.
On the 26th, we will host the Observance at the Chapel at 1530 ~ 1630. Starting with music that was written and composed by the Jewish population, during that time of hardship. We will have a candle lighting ceremony. A Rabbi from the USMC as our guest speaker.
< I would like to show the timeline of events, maps, survivor clips and have a small reading of Anne Frank’s Diary (for those who might have missed the reading the day before). We will emphasize on the way the child were abused and killed by the Einsatzgruppen and others. Also we will inform Soldiers of the Genocide that is happening in Sudan.>
The last day on the 27th, we will have another free showing but of “Schindler’s List”.
I pray that we honor the spirits and lives of those that had to suffer thru this tragedy. I am glad that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was established and is willing to teach and enlighten the minds of others. |
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Kenneth Underwood April 17, 2006 08:37 AM | Location:
US Air Force Academu Message:
The theme for the Remembrance Day Observation at the Air Force Academy is Learn, Prepare, and Act. The focus of the event is to create an understanding that it is not only important to remember what happened during the Holocaust over 60 years ago, but to take the lessons learned from that event and teach our future learders that it is up to them to act to prevent future attempts of genocide.
In the Observation we will begin with a short 10 minute film that will briefly discuss the history of the events of the Holocaust. We will have a candle lighting ceremony and a Holocaust survivor as our guest speaker. We will then present a prayer for the dead, and close with the sounding of the shofar to signify the importance of the event.
I also have 10 cadets who are currently taking a class on the Holocaust preparing a series of poster displays outlining the events of the Holocaust, focusing on rescuers, liberators, and those rescued, showcasing the value of leaders who made the right decisions even in the face of the most severe adversity. |
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William Heidner April 12, 2006 04:55 PM | Location:
Yuma AZ Message:
The U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground will observe this week of remembrance with several activities. On Tuesday, 25 April, Mr. Bill Heidner, Museum Curator of the Museum Activity and Heritage enter of YPG, will give a lunch-time talk regarding the history of genocides and the legacy of the Holocaust, especially those areas that touch upon YPG’s history. The buy-your-own lunch is scheduled at the Cactus Café from 1100-1230.
In addition, there will be several screenings of two movies related to the Holocaust and more recent genocides at the Heritage Center. Hotel Rwanda, an Oscar-nominated and award winning film regarding recent genocides in the African country of Rwanda,
depicts one man’s true-life efforts to save the lives of thousands of his countrymen from death. This movie will be shown free-of-charge on Monday 24 April from 1100-1300 and again on Friday from 1000-1200. The Oscar winning movie Schindler’s list, which details the real-life efforts of one German business person to intercede on behalf of his Jewish slave-labor force, will be shown Wednesday, 26 April from 1100-1400hrs and again on Friday from 1300-1600. These movies will be free-of-charge in the theater room of the Heritage Center, Bldg S-2, Main Administrative Area of YPG.
For More information on the YPG observance you may call Ms. Joeann Bailey of the EEO office at 328-2736 or Bill Heidner at 328-3394. For more information regarding the Day of Remembrance and the Holocaust you can go to http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/years/detail.php?content=2005. |
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SFC Hollis D. Champlain April 07, 2006 02:25 PM | Location:
FORT SILL, OK Message:
This web site has been very helpful in the planning of our "Days of Remembrance" week at the end of April. Here are some of the ideas we have come up with for our TRADOC base:
1. In our main PX area we have reserved an empty gift shop area to establish a Holocaust Museum for the entire week, so that family members and Soldiers can view many of the exhibits, posters, and videos we will have on display for the week.
2. We also are having a main luncheon with guest Speaker Mr. Martin Weiss (Holocaust survivor). At this event we will also have ID cards to give to each table and recognize 6 high school students from our local area who won our month long essay contest on this year's theme related the Nuremberg Trials. |
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