*African American soldiers pose next to an oven in the crematorium of the Ebensee concentration camp.

Jewish Federation in the Heart of NJ, Middlesex Black-Jewish Coalition, and NAACP Metuchen-Edison present:


Lessons from a Black Officer in World War II

An International Holocaust Remembrance Day Inter-Community Program 

January 27 | 7:00pm | Zoom | FREE

Agent Reginald Johnson of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Bias/Community Outreach Unit, and president of the Metuchen-Edison NAACP, will speak about his father, Maj. George Yancy Johnson*. Maj Johnson was one of only a few Black commissioned officers at the beginning of World War II and participated in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. 

Join us to hear how learning about his father’s experiences led Agent Johnson to dedicate his life to building bridges between Jews, Blacks, and other communities as a means to fight racism, bias, and hate.

*George Yancy Johnson's rich military biography included a covert landing in Normandy three weeks before D-Day, participation in the liberation of a concentration camp, observing the aftermath of Hiroshima, fighting in the bitter cold of Korea, witnessing atomic bomb tests in Nevada, and guarding the gold at Fort Knox. As a civilian Johnson worked with the U.S. Secret Service, where his chief duty involved monitoring international money trading.

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