[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E536-E537]
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IN HONOR OF THE UNVEILING OF THE DACHAU VICTIMS MEMORIAL AT THE DURHAM 
               HEBREW CEMETERY IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

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                         HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2015

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the unveiling of a 
very special memorial in my congressional district in Durham, North 
Carolina. On Sunday, April 26, 2015, a memorial forever marking the 
final resting place of ashes from victims who lost their lives during 
the Holocaust at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany will be 
unveiled in the Durham Hebrew Cemetery.
  The amazing and unlikely journey that brought these hallowed ashes to 
their final resting place in Durham, North Carolina took over seventy 
years.
  David Walter Corsbie, Jr. served in the United States Army Air Corps 
with the 364th Fighter Squadron during World War II. In 1945, shortly 
after Dachau was liberated by American troops, Mr. Corsbie was sent 
there on assignment. It was there that a survivor who had been 
imprisoned at Dachau gave the ashes to Mr. Corsbie telling him to never 
forget the unspeakable horrors that occurred there.
  In late 2012, Mr. Corsbie's son Joseph made the existence of these 
ashes known after they had remained a secret since the end of World War 
II. Last year, those ashes were finally laid to rest in the Durham 
Hebrew Cemetery. The victims whose ashes were interred were finally 
given the honor and respect they were denied so long ago. A memorial to 
mark their final resting place will be unveiled this Sunday. This 
memorial will serve as an enduring reminder that will ensure the 
victims at Dachau and the millions of others that were lost during the 
Holocaust are never forgotten.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me both in commemorating the 
unveiling of this

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truly special memorial and in solemn remembrance of the millions of 
lives lost in the concentration camps of World War II.

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