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Curator's Corner: A Survivor Creates a Fire Department in Foehrenwald

The Fire Department at Foehrenwald

The Fire Department at Foehrenwald

In this virtual edition of “Curator’s Corner” from August 19, 2020, Dr. Thorin Tritter, HMTC’s Museum and Programming Director, discussed a photograph in our museum that shows the fire department at the Foehrenwald Displaced Persons Camp, and discuss the Long Island Survivor, George Oscar Lee, who was integral to its creation. If you missed this program you can watch it now:


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