April 16, 2012
For Immediate Release:
VFP Members attend Deir Yassin Memorial in Geneva, NY
On April 9, 2012, two members of VFP 51, Ed Kinane and Arnold Stieber, attended a Deir Yassin memorial in Geneva, NY.On April 9, 1948 the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin was attacked by Jewish guerrilla forces and wiped out - men, women, children.
The Geneva memorial is a bronze casting of an uprooted olive tree. It is set on a marble pillar. It is the only Deir Yassin memorial in the USA. It was developed by Daniel McGowan, professor emeritus at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.
Pictured are Daniel McGowan (right), and Arnold Stieber.
