Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks about his childhood experience escaping the Nazis at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in 1930 in Austria and fled to England during 1939. Simon spoke to Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks about his childhood experience escaping the Nazis at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in 1930 in Austria and fled to England during 1939. Simon spoke to Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

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Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks about his childhood experience escaping the Nazis at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in 1930 in Austria and fled to England during 1939. Simon spoke to Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks to Airmen at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in Austria in 1930 and fled to England in 1939 to escape the Nazis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

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Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks about his childhood experience escaping the Nazis at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in 1930 in Austria and fled to England during 1939. Simon spoke to Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon and members of Team Mildenhall pose for a photo at a U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in Austria in 1930 and fled to England in 1939 to escape the Nazis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

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Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon speaks about his childhood experience escaping the Nazis at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in 1930 in Austria and fled to England during 1939. Simon spoke to Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon greets U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Cottrill, 95th Reconnaissance Squadron commander, on the flight line at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in Austria in 1930 and fled to England in 1939 to escape the Nazis. Airmen from Team Mildenhall showed Simon the mission here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron)

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Holocaust survivor speaks to Team Mildenhall

Published May 1, 2019
By Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

RAF MILDENHALL, England --

Holocaust survivor Ernest Simon spoke to Airmen at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 30, 2019. Simon was born in Austria in 1930 and fled to England in 1939 to escape the Nazis.