Holocaust Survivor Sails to the Gaza Strip
Hedy Epstein of St. Louis will be part of a group of boats sailing in protest of the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Hedy Epstein, an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor, is having trouble packing her luggage. First, she packed too many clothes to fit in her suitcase, but then again she doesn't know for how long she will leave. Epstein has traveled several times throughout her life, first from Germany, escaping Adolf Hitler, to England. Then to New York and eventually St. Louis. This time, she is trying to travel light, for a boat trip to the Gaza Strip. Epstein of St. Louis is one of 34 American passengers aboard the Audacity of Hope, as part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla II that will be traveling to the Gaza Strip this week in protest of Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. In an article about the 2011 flotilla, The New York Times reported on the …
Max
1:25 pm on Sunday, July 10, 2011
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