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May 2025

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DHHRM | What Are We Fighting For? Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust
DHHRM | What Are We Fighting For? Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
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Starts May 8, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends May 8, 2025 at 8:00pm
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, was familiar with the horrors of war. However, he was stunned by what he saw in April 1945 when visiting Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, the first Nazi camp liberated by American troops. He invited the media and others to document the dead, dying, and starving prisoners.
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HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: Sam Cohen
HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: Sam Cohen 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 18, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends May 18, 2025 at 3:00pm
Sam grew up in Salonika, Greece. When the Nazis entered Greece, Sam and his family were forced to move into the ghetto by Germans after Passover in 1943. Keeping a promise with his friend Jacques that they would stay together no matter what, Sam took the place of Jacques’ brother when the two were summoned to work forced labor. Sam and Jacques were taken to a concentration camp where they later escaped during their daily work laying down railroad tracks and ultimately joined the resistance. Learn more of Sam’s remarkable story as told by his son, Jerome Cohen.
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May 2025

DHHRM | What Are We Fighting For? Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust

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  • Thu, May 8, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Virtual Event

HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: Sam Cohen

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  • Sun, May 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum San Antonio 12500 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX 78231

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