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Holocaust Learn & Remember Opening Program: The Hard Road to Liberation

  • Central Library Auditorium 600 Soledad Street San Antonio, TX, 78205 United States (map)

The survivors of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, and those condemned to its death marches, were liberated by San Antonio’s own U.S. Army 90th Infantry Division from Fort Sam Houston (known as the Tough ‘Ombres). Join us as we learn about this story of bravery and rescue.

Speakers:
Dr. Edward Westermann, Professor of History, Texas A&M-San Antonio
Jacqueline Davis, Director, Fort Sam Houston Museum

Sponsored by: San Antonio Public Library, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, and San Antonio Library Foundation