Inside
Stumbling Stones
STEM Night
Top volunteers
Project remembers Wiesbaden’s Holocaust victims. See page 5.
Community honors volunteer contributions during National Volunteer Week. See page 9.
Vol. XVI, No. 15
Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany
Hainerberg students dig deep into science, technology, engineering and math. See page 16.
erald Union H Gold Stars
May 8, 2014
‘It’s important that we recognize and honor survivors’ By Chrystal Smith
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
For one survivor, it had been less than five months since the death of his son. For a wife and daughter, only six months have passed. A sister was present whose brother died during the Vietnam War. Regardless of when the loved ones were lost, the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden community thought it vitally important to commiserate with the survivors of fallen Soldiers and honor their sacrifice during
a ceremony April 22. Col. David Carstens’ father survived the sinking of the SS Leopoldville and combat during the World War II. And though his father never talked about his military service, Carstens said, the revelation of why bridged seamlessly with the reason many gathered for the somber event. Carstens, USAG Wiesbaden commander, told of how his father stayed connected with the families of many of the See Gold Stars on page 8 Photo by Karl Weisel
Sgt. 1st Class Edwin Lauderback, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden’s Equal Opportunity adviser, looks on as members of Wiesbaden’s Jewish community light candles during the community’s Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration April 29.
Time to remember Community pays tribute to Holocaust victims By Shayna Brouker
Photo by Chrystal Smith
Col. David Carstens pins the Gold Star lapel button to Claudia Pena’s blazer during the Gold Star Spouses and Survivor Recognition Ceremony April 22.
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
“We welcomed every bomb that fell, hoping that maybe we were closer to the end,”
recalled Anita Lippert, a Wiesbaden Holocaust survivor. Lippert, who spent three months in a concentration camp in the Czech Republic, told her story to a packed house at the
Flyers Theater on Clay Kaserne for the National Holocaust Days of Remembrance April 29. Rabbi Avraham Zeev NussSee Time to remember on page 5
Wiesbaden NCO is IMCOM-Europe’s best By Troy Darr
Installation Management Command-Europe Public Affairs Office
Installation Management CommandEurope officials recognized the winners of the 2014 Best Warrior Competition in a ceremony April 25. Staff Sgt. Kareem Paschal, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, and Spc. Jeromy Sisk, USAG Ansbach are the Best Warrior Non-
commissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year respectively. The Best Warrior Competition, held in Baumholder April 21-25, consisted of a number of warrior tasks and drills including an Army Physical Fitness Test, marksmanship, combatives, an essay and written examination, a 12-mile foot march with combat gear, warrior tasks and drills, day and night land navigation, and an appearance before a board
of brigade command sergeants major. “Soldiering is an ancient profession. It’s a skilled profession, and the Best Warrior Competition is a time to put those skills to task and honor your dedication to this noble profession,” said Kathleen Y. Marin, Installation Management Command-Europe region director. “Your skills have not only been honed in Staff Sgt. Kareem Paschal See Best Warrior on page 3 demonstrates his skills.