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Commentary | May 8, 2024

Coast Guard to host Holocaust Days of Remembrance observance on May 8

By MyCG Staff

The U.S. Coast Guard Holocaust Days of Remembrance Observance will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EDT in the Ceremonial Entrance at NCR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The event will be streamed live here.  You can also call-in at  +1 410-874-6742  using Conference ID: 465 578 624#. 

The Coast Guard is collaborating with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) for the event. Amanda Rooney Stierli, USHMM’s Program Manager of Civic and Defense Initiatives will give a presentation on Holocaust history featuring a case study and discussion focused on leadership, ethics, and choice. 

Days of Remembrance is an annual, week-long commemoration of the six million Jews persecuted and murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Days of Remembrance will be hosted in the U.S. this year from May 5 to May 12, with Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) falling on May 6. 

For more information, please contact: Sara A. Florini at Sara.A.Florini@uscg.mil or (202) 795-6003.

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