DLA News Archive

Tag: Holocaust

Navy Rear Adm. Chase, SC, Commander DLA Distribution official photo.

April 14, 2023

DLA Distribution Commander delivers Holocaust Day of Remembrance message

NEW CUMBERLAND, PA. — Navy Rear Adm. Grafton P. Chase, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution delivers a Holocaust Day of Remembrance message.

April 18, 2019

Holocaust survivor shares childhood story with HQC employees

Louise Lawrence-Israëls shares the painful memory of her childhood during the Holocaust.

Nat Shaffir speaks from behind a lectern

April 19, 2018

Holocaust survivor shares his devastating past with hope for the human spirit

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Nat Shaffir lost his childhood and 32 family members to Hitler, but he still believes in the goodness of mankind. He described how he and his family survived the Holocaust during a Days of Remembrance event April 18.

DLA Distribution reflects on today as Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as our nation's annual commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent, living memorial to those victims.

May 5, 2016

Holocaust Days of Remembrance: Stories of Rescue

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — DLA Distribution reflects on today as Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as our nation's annual commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent, living memorial to those victims. The following story, provided by the museum, tells the story of survivor Renee Schwalb Fritz.