Hedy Epstein, 90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor, Arrested During Michael Brown
Protest
The Huffington Post | By Alana Horowitz
08/18/2014 8:45 pm EDT Updated: 08/19/2014 12:59 pm
EDT Click here to see the video.
Hedy Epstein, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, was arrested
on Monday during unrest over the death of Michael Brown, KMOV reports.
Epstein, who aided Allied forces in the Nuremberg trials, was placed under
arrest in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, "for failing to disperse"
during a protest of Gov. Jay Nixon's decision to call the National Guard into
Ferguson. Eight others were also arrested."I've been doing this since I was a teenager. I didn't think I would have to do it when I was 90," Epstein told The Nation during her arrest. "We need to stand up today so that people won't have to do this when they're 90."
Epstein is currently an activist and a vocal supporter of the Free Gaza Movement.
Tensions rose in Ferguson on Monday night after Nixon announced that the National Guard had been called in to help run the command center while police handled the protests.
Several people were arrested as protests ramped up, including Scott Olson, a photographer working for Getty Images.
President Obama addressed reporters on Monday and condemned the arrest of journalists covering Ferguson in the days since Michael Brown was shot and killed. He said he would be monitoring the National Guard presence to make sure it is "used in a limited and appropriate way."
"There is no excuse for excessive force by police," Obama said.
Here's a photo of Epstein's arrest:
— Steven Hsieh 謝章仁 (@stevenjhsieh) August 18, 2014
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article reported that Epstein was arrested in Ferguson. She was arrested in St. Louis.
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WATCH: 90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor’s Message to Germans
Published 12:13 pm EDT, February 11, 2014
By Sam Prince
Reddit-user
donutdude asked his grandfather, Emery Jacoby, a 90-year-old Holocaust
survivor, to partake in a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ Q&A forum.
Jacoby was 20-years-old when he was taken away by the Nazis, along with his sisters and his parents. Both his sisters survived. His parents did not.
But
despite the horrors he witnessed, he holds no ill-will towards the German
people or culture. Watch the remarkable video above that inspires forgiveness
and acceptance.
And watch the video below of a speech he did in Newark in 2010 when he was invited to speak by Mayor Cory Booker.
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