Witness to the Holocaust

The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust is bringing the traveling exhibit “Witness to the Holocaust: WWII Veteran William Alexander Scott III at Buchenwald” to the Savannah Jewish Federation. The exhibit highlights World War II veteran and civil rights activist, William Alexander Scott III, whose father founded one of the first black-owned daily newspapers in the United States - The Atlanta Daily World. Scott was a reconnaissance sergeant, photographer, comoufleur, and part-time historian in S2 (Intelligence Section) of the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion.