Holocaust Memorials

Paying their respects

26 May 2012

"AN AMERICAN soldier known but to God" undoubtedly will be remembered by 49 Union Local Middle School students, especially one boy and three girls selected to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, sometimes called the Tomb of the...

Group of Bay Area teens experiences a life-altering march from Auschwitz to Birkenau

24 May 2012

Walking through the Lopuchowo forest near Tykocin in northeastern Poland, Zoe Weitzman imagined she could hear the cries of the 2,000 Jews who were executed there by the Nazis in August 1941. Weitzman, 19, a senior at Los Gatos High School, says she will never forget the experience.

Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design

15 May 2012

Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes Tuesday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike's family for months.