Community remembers those lost during Holocaust
Community remembers those lost during Holocaust
By MARK LEWIS The Daily Courier
PRESCOTT VALLEY Holocaust survivor Fred Greenwood carries many terrible memories, but none as vivid as the sound of thousands of steel-toed Nazi jackboots marching in formation on the cobblestone pavers of his hometown.
“It was a terrible sound. It’s still in my brain,” the 76-year-old told a rapt and silent crowd Friday morning during a Holocaust Day of Remembrance at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU).
When he was 10-years-old, Greenwood was one of 657 Jews in his native Dutch village who under Nazi orders wore an identifying Star of David patch over his heart.
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