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Rescue Beyond War: Unknown Military Heroes

at Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County | Sun Oct 30

Location

Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County

Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(Map)
Tel: 516-571-8040
Contact Name: Deborah Lom
Visit Website: Website.

Date & Time

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sun, Oct 30, 2016
Cost:    $10 suggested donation to attend.
Description

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents a special program, "Rescue Beyond War: Unknown Military Heroes," Sunday, October 30, 2016, at 2 p.m. at HMTC, Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY. Speakers include WWII liberator Seymour Kaplan and Gary Lewi, founding board member of the Museum of American Armour and the American Airpower Museum. The program is being held in memory of Chevalier Herman “Hy” Horowitz, former liberator of Ohrdruf and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.

There will also be a color guard provided by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States. In addition, there will be a special exhibit, "GIs Remember: Liberating the Concentration Camps," curated by the National Musuem of American Jewish Military History with accompanying artifacts from the HMTC archive.