A MAN WHO SURVIVED THE HORRORS OF A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP IN WORLD WAR TWO IS SHARING HIS STORY WITH SIOUX CITY STUDENTS THIS WEEK.

PHILIP GANS WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS TAKEN FROM HIS NATIVE HOLLAND WITH HIS FAMILY TO THE AUSCHWITZ SLAVE LABOR CAMP BY GERMAN SOLDIERS IN AUGUST OF 1943.

HE SURVIVED INTERNMENT IN TWO CAMPS AND A "DEATH MARCH" UNTIL FREED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN APRIL OF 1945. GANS SAYS HE HAS LIMITED BUT VIVID MEMORIES OF HIS ORDEAL.

GANS HAS SPOKEN TO OVER 20-THOUSAND AREA RESIDENTS ABOUT HIS ORDEAL SINCE 2005 AND BRINGS A MESSAGE OF "ERASE THE HATE"

GANS SAYS HE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE WHEN HE WAS IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS, AND TELLS STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE, DON'T BE A BYSTANDER AND DON'T GIVE UP HOPE IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A TRYING SITUATION.  

The City of Dakota City has announced the reopening of the City's Cottonwood Cove Campground and boat ramp. The campground will be open from now until October.

Dakota City Mayor Jim Roberts says Cottonwood Cove Campground is a major staple in Dakota City for attracting visitors, and we want to make sure everyone knows that we are back open for campers as well as boaters after last year's flooding issues. 

The campground operates in a 4.5 acre park located on the banks of the Missouri River with 13 sites with basic hookups and additional areas for tents.
  

The City has just completed installing 4 new cement pads for campers.  For more information call 402-404-1053.

ONE OF THE TOP ACTS FOR THIS YEAR'S SATURDAY IN THE PARK CONCERT HAS CANCELLED HER SIOUX CITY APPEARANCE.

JOSS STONE HAS POSTPONED HER CURRENT TOUR UNTIL THIS FALL AND WILL NOT BE PERFORMING HERE.

CONCERT ORGANIZER DAVE BERNSTEIN SAYS STONE'S CANCELLATION IS A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT.

BERNSTEIN SAYS STONE HAS PROMISED TO COME TO SIOUX CITY AT A LATER DATE. HE'S NOW WORKING ON FINDING A REPLACEMENT FOR HER AND HOPES TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT SOON.

STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND OTHER STORIES OF SURVIVAL ARE BEING TOLD IN SIOUX CITY THIS WEEK BY MEN WHO LIVED THROUGH THE NAZI OPPRESSION OF WORLD WAR TWO.
  

TONIGHT (TUESDAY) AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER, THE DOCUMENTARY "NICKY'S FAMILY" WILL BE SHOWN.

IT'S THE STORY OF NICHOLAS WINTON, AN ENGLISHMAN WHO RESCUED 669 SLOVAK CHILDREN JUST BEFORE THE WAR SPREAD THROUGH EUROPE.

DAVE LUX WAS A MONTH FROM HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY WHEN WINTON  RESCUED HIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO ENGLAND WHERE HE LIVED IN A BOYS HOME HOPING TO ONE DAY BE REUNITED WITH HIS PARENTS:

LUX LATER FOUND OUT FROM A RELATIVE THAT HIS PARENTS WERE PUT ON A TRAIN TO THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE THEY LIKELY DIED.

HE SPENT TEN YEARS AT THE BOYS HOME IN ENGLAND, AND LATER MOVED TO ISRAEL WITH HIS BROTHER:

NICKY'S FAMILY WILL BE SHOWN AT NO CHARGE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING AT 7:30 AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER THROUGH THE GERALD AND KATHERINE WEINER FOUNDATION.