Holocaust Remembrance Observed Across Iowa with Survivors
In Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids and Iowa City survivors and presenters recount Nazi atrocities and the Dachau liberation. They urge memory as generations age and Auschwitz work camp histories surface through plays talks and speeches.
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Europe
Nazi Germany
Iowa
Mount Vernon
David Thaler
Marianne Bern
Cedar Rapids
Gusti Kollman
Theodore
Ted’’ Johnson
Ely
U.S. Army
42Nd Rainbow Infantry Division
Dachau
Johnson
Iowa City
Eva Kor
Indiana
Children of Auschwitz
Kor
Romania
Josef Mengele
Aliber/Hillel
Agudas Achim Synagogue
Iowa City Jewish Federation
Auschwitz
Krakow
Poland
Si Frumkin
Studio City
Calif
Frumkin
Third Reich
Nuremburg
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf
Second birthday ends 4-year death sentence at Kaufering camp
Si Frumkin recalls surviving Kaufering No. 1 where 30,000 Jews built a German aircraft factory. He describes 12-hour shifts, hunger, and weekly transfers as Allied bombs neared, leading to liberation by American tanks on April 27, 1945. Frumkin, 14, recounts hunger, fear, and the moment the red white blue of liberation appeared.
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Si Frumkin
Dachau
Arbeitslager Kaufering
Dacha
Europe
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
France
Greece
Germany
No. 1
My Camp
Letters to the Gazette Enduring need for community action
The piece argues that many people require a helping hand to achieve self sufficiency including single mothers and rural workers. It praises Community Action Agencies as rallying points and urges continued collaboration to provide childcare transportation and work opportunities. The author thanks predecessors and pledges ongoing commitment.
Quiet Call to Notice Those Crying Out for Help
A reflection after a Cedar Rapids death asks when life truly begins and urges readers to notice and help others in need. It questions missed chances to show care and invites compassion rooted in love and faith.
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Cedar Rapids
Nursing opens doors to education money and purpose
Marti Potter R N of St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids reflects on why she chose nursing and how the profession offers education opportunities and prestige beyond pay. She notes triage and critical care moments shape nurses as teachers and counselors and emphasizes the lasting impact on patients and families.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Marti Potter, R.N
Cedar Rapids
Fragmented Argument on Religion and City Size Policy
The text argues for Christianity as national backbone and links religion to civic order and education. It contends government must respect free exercise of religion, warns against establishment of religion, cites abortion figures, and proposes dividing Cedar Rapids into four smaller cities for local control and job creation.
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Jesus Christ
Cedar Rapids
Gazette invites public letters and columns for publication
The Cedar Rapids Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include the writer's full name signature address and daytime phone. Anonymous letters are not printed and each writer may submit one letter per 30 days.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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Joe Hladky
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
U.S
Southern California
Council of
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Svepvason
Marti Potter
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