Tag: World War II
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World War II museum exhibit in Helmetta to focus on D-Day
“Back the Attack,” a Memorial Day weekend World War II museum event, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 25-27 at the Helmetta Community Center, 1 Brookside Place, Helmetta. There will be memorabilia including D-Day uniforms and relics, interactive exhibits, propaganda art, a 1940s-themed soda shop, a movie viewing tent, toys…
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Library program chronicles Jewish population of Hungary before the Holocaust
The East Brunswick Library continues its Holocaust remembrance program series with “The Jews of Central Europe Before the Holocaust with Focus on Hungary” multi-media lecture and music at 2:30 p.m. on April 28 at the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The program is dedicated to Hungarian-Jewish poet Hannah Senesh, who is regarded…
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Holocaust survivors to recount stories of atrocities, recovery during talk at East Brunswick Library
Holocaust survivors of Kristalnacht, Eugene and Ruth Gottleib, East Brunswick residents, will discuss their perspective and experiences at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick. As immigrants to America, they had to absorb the revelations that family members had been lost, as well as adjust to a country with its new language and…
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First Lt. Army Nurse wouldn’t trade time in World War II ‘for anything’
“Saving Private Ryan” is a fictionalized account of a detail of soldiers who, after the Allies have secured the beachhead on the coast of Normandy, France, are sent ahead to find and bring out an Army Ranger whose brothers had been killed in action. By following a small detachment of soldiers as they work their…
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Presenter details the life of Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II
EAST BRUNSWICK – Impersonating World War II American aviator Ann Baumgartner is no small feat. To tell the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), living history presenter Carol Levin told dozens of residents at an East Brunswick Women’s Club meeting on Nov. 13 that the all-female flying force flew more than 60 million miles…
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Daughter of Pearl Harbor survivor attends North Brunswick remembrance ceremony
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETE CLARK The North Brunswick community gathered at Elmwood Cemetery on Dec. 7 to commemorate Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The ceremony was held at the gravesite of Robert Friedberg, who was a survivor at Pearl Harbor and in 1944 received the Bronze Star in Europe while fighting at the Battle of the…
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Bright lights of Christmas during the darkest days
The first Saturday in December was the beginning of the holiday shopping season in the small town where I lived as a little boy. In my book, “The Sojourners: Life on the American Homefront during World War II,” I describe the day and events in detail. Our small town parade was nothing like Macy’s. And our…
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Beautiful October
October is a relaxing month. The summer heat is passing and cooler mornings and evenings start to prevail. Crops have been picked and the growing season has just about ended, except for the last large green tomatoes on the vine. Those tomatoes were a prize. Fried green tomatoes, what a treat. Last week I asked the vegetable…
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‘The Ghost Army’ to be screened at East Brunswick Library, followed by discussion with WWII vet
East Brunswick Hadassah and the East Brunswick Public Library will hold a viewing of the documentary film “The Ghost Army” at 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 18 at the library, Civic Center Drive off Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Guests will also participate in a question-and-answer session with veteran Seymore Nussenbaum who was part of the 603rd Camouflage…
