Alexander, Joseph Invited to Germany and Closing Thoughts

In 2015, Joseph Alexander was invited by the German government to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau [Annotator's

Alexander, Joseph Life Before 1939

Joseph Alexander was born in November 1922 in Kowal, Poland. He had a good life there until 1939.

Alexander, Joseph Life In and After Concentration Camps

Joseph Alexander went through searches with American Red Cross [Annotator's Note: Red Cross, an international non-profit humanitarian organiza

Alexander, Joseph Moving Around Europe

Joseph Alexander and some friends lived in a DP [Annotator's Note: displaced persons] camp in Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany]

Alexander, Joseph Warsaw Ghetto to Auschwitz

Joseph Alexander and his family lived with another family in the Warsaw Ghetto [Annotator's Note: in Warsaw, Poland].

Alexander, Samson Attack on Pearl Harbor

Samson Alexander was at the Lincoln Theater when he heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Alexander, Samson Black Panthers, Malcolm X and Confederate Statues

Alexander, Samson Black Servicemen

Reading, writing, and arithmetic were important to black people when Samson Alexander was growing up.

Alexander, Samson Christmas Toys

Growing up, Samson Alexander used to follow around his brother who was in Boy Scouts. The white people had what they called the Doll and Toy Fund.

Alexander, Samson Civil Rights in New Orleans

Samson Alexander says the people in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] were not for the marching [Annotator's Note: f

Alexander, Samson Civil Rights Movement

Samson Alexander did a lot of things in the Civil Rights Movement. He did not know people had become hardened and mean.

Alexander, Samson Discrimination in the Air Force

Samson Alexander got the idea to join the US Air Force but did not have a college education.