embassy events 2009

West Point and Naval Academy Cadets Visit the Nazi Auschwitz Concentration Camp

4 June 2009

West Point and Naval Academy Cadets Visit the Nazi Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs visited the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz and the Nazi death camp at Birknau as the culmination of their study program into the Jewish experience under the Nazis.  The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City sponsored the tour in conjunction with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation.