Israeli officer with family ties to Holocaust leads forces after Oct. 7 attacks

From 700 murdered relatives to 3 survivors: Holocaust descendant leads Israeli forces after Oct 7 attacks

Holocaust survivor's son Col. Eli Konigsberg serves in Israel's Home Front Command after his father's family of 700 was reduced to three survivors and nearly erased.

From 700 murdered relatives to 3 survivors: Holocaust descendant leads Israeli forces after Oct 7 attacks – Democratic Accent

When Col. (Res.) Eli Konigsberg puts on his uniform at the age of 57, he carries more than the weight of command. He carries the story of two families nearly erased from the map of Europe. As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945, the deputy commander of Israel’s Jerusalem and Central District in the Home Front Command says the past is not d…