Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor who co-founded the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, passed away on April 28. He was 94. Glauben was a part of
Detailing what his father witnessed at Dachau, Reggie Johnson read a passage his father wrote in his diary. “The odor of death still haunts my dreams 60 years later. I got there at the tail end of when they were dropping the cyanide-based pesticide pellets,” George Johnson wrote.
World War II veteran and West Michigander Virgil Westdale has passed away at 104. During his time in the army, Westdale played a pivotal role in liberating prisoners in Germany, but was stripped of his wings for being Japanese-American and demoted to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.