CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman
Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. Blum worked for the Army… Read More »CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman
World War II
The Legacy of Milton Levine and Max Markowitz on D-Day
The crew of B-24 Liberator 42-52629 known as ‘Sweatin’ It Out,’ took off early on the morning of June 6, 1944. They were part of… Read More »The Legacy of Milton Levine and Max Markowitz on D-Day
Jack H. Feldman – Killed in Action at Hickam Field Dec. 7, 1941
Jack Feldman graduated from Olney High School in Philadelphia in June of 1940. The Olney yearbook lists his hobbies as “flying airplanes and entertaining beautiful… Read More »Jack H. Feldman – Killed in Action at Hickam Field Dec. 7, 1941
Two Virginia Friends, Rosh Hashanah and Combat on Guadalcanal, 1942
William Sager and Herman Abady were close friends at the University of Virginia (UVA) before Pearl Harbor was attacked and the U.S. went to war.… Read More »Two Virginia Friends, Rosh Hashanah and Combat on Guadalcanal, 1942
10/31 2:00 ET – Hybrid Event – Richard Stern: A Doorway to Heroism with author W. Jack Romberg
Imagine a German Jew who was a decorated German soldier in World War I, a resister in Cologne at the start of Hitler’s reign of… Read More »10/31 2:00 ET – Hybrid Event – Richard Stern: A Doorway to Heroism with author W. Jack Romberg
Rosh Hashanah in the Solomon Islands 1943
A Jewish Army officer from Arkansas City, Kansas, a Baptist preacher from Kentucky, a single prayer book and a war-ravaged Pacific island: these are not the ingredients for most traditional Rosh Hashanah services. But in 1943, they came together to create an extraordinary experience. Captain Elliott Davis described the experience in a beautifully written “Dear Rabbi” letter.
Finding Yiddish in North Africa
It was while he was a soldier during World War II that Bernard Sussman came to realize there was value to the language of his… Read More »Finding Yiddish in North Africa
The Ghost Army of World War II – Tuesday, May 14th, 7:00pm
The Ghost Army was a unique unit that used inflatable tanks, sound effects, and imagination to fool the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. The… Read More »The Ghost Army of World War II – Tuesday, May 14th, 7:00pm
Purim and Passover in Goebbels’ Castle
Corporal Sidney Talmud of Brooklyn was marching through Germany with the 38th Signal Construction Battalion in 1945 when he was given a rare opportunity. He… Read More »Purim and Passover in Goebbels’ Castle
Master Sgt. Aaron Kliatchko, WWII POW, to be honored at Arlington National Cemetery
Master Sgt. Aaron Kliatchko will be honored with a formal funeral on Friday, June 29, 2018, 10:00am, at Arlington National Cemetery. Reception follows at museum… Read More »Master Sgt. Aaron Kliatchko, WWII POW, to be honored at Arlington National Cemetery