Dick Arnold, a Jewish American veteran of World War II, gave a speech on Sunday, April 11, 1945 at the Jewish Community Federation’s annual program in Brighton, NY to honor Holocaust victims. Arnold said that he was with the 87th Infantry Division; he claims that he was one of the first four American soldiers to enter Buchenwald on the day of liberation. You can read more about Dick Arnold here and here. (more…)
April 12, 2010
A World War II vet’s memories of Buchenwald
In today’s online edition of The Register Guard, there is an article by Winston Ross about Bill Sarnoff, a U.S. navy man who was sent to Buchenwald for five days to help the survivors after the camp was liberated on April 11, 1945. Now 84 years old, Sarnoff told his story yesterday to more than 100 people who attended a Holocaust Remembrance Day event. (more…)
