Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Arrested in Protest Against Deploying National Guard

August 18, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

 

Hedy Epstein—a 90-year-old survivor of the Holocaust and an activist in protesting Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people—was arrested with eight others in St. Louis, MO today. They were among about 125 protesters who marched to the office of Missouri Governor Nixon and demanded that he cancel his order to deploy the National Guard to suppress protests in Ferguson. Watch local TV news coverage coverage.

90-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein—an activist in protesting Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people—was arrested Monday with eight others in St. Louis, MO protesting presence of National Guard. Photo: Steven Hsieh

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