Baton Rouge's Jewish Community Honors Liberators and Recognizes Essay Contest Winners

On Sunday, May 4th, the Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge, in partnership with UJCBR, hosted Texas Liberator Bill Kongable, his daughter Tricia, and Fran Berg, the former commissioner of the Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission. 

It was an incredible afternoon during which Mr. Kongable shared his experience as a Liberator of the Ordruf concentration camp 80 years ago.

Below is a link to an online article by Joy Holden of The Advocate. It was also printed in the Sunday, May 18th edition as part of the Louisiana Inspired section. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into what we were able to bring to our Jewish community and beyond.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/holocaust-remembrance-baton-rouge/article_5f6d62b0-fb0e-5eb3-b981-e470f8d32c4e.html#tncms-source=the-latest

And here is the link to the video of the program

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/753rqy0fhn0d4qqni4cx7/Holocaust-Rembrance-05-40-25.mp4?rlkey=jh0l88bhhbbcnznom35yb4nrm&st=oqz35up9&dl=0