Émigrés celebrate Victory Day – 65 times over
- JFCS in the Media
J Weekly
by Amanda Pazornik
Russian émigré Semion Melamud doesn’t know much English. But the three words the decorated World War II veteran can recite with clarity – “God Bless America” – bring a smile to his weathered face.
“I am thankful for the United States and the opportunity to live here,” Melamud, 89, said through a translator. “It’s because of America that my grandchildren and great-grandchildren can live, work and study here.”
Melamud was one of more than 200 guests – mostly elderly Russian émigrés – at a May 7 luncheon commemorating the 65th anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries of the former Soviet Union.
Posted by Admin on May 14, 2010