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Dwight D. Eisenhower’s profession achievements are unparalleled successful American history.
Popular two-term president. Supreme Allied Commander of Allied forces successful Europe successful World War II. Led nan epic D-Day invasion, helped reclaim postwar peace, launched NASA into orbit, sent America rolling down nan interstate road system.
Also mentored a then-future president, Ronald Reagan, connected everything from nationalist information to moving for higher office.
Ike besides served for 5 years arsenic president of Columbia University.
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Given nan chaos and disruption connected that field successful April 2024, however, it is almost unimaginable that a four-star wide of his caliber would lead that institution of higher learning today.
He took nan position astatine nan apical of nan elite New York City Ivy League assemblage successful May 1948 — and resigned from it only aft he won predetermination to nan U.S. presidency and moved into nan White House successful Jan. 1953.
Dwight D. Eisenhower served arsenic president of nan United States from 1953 to 1961. Before that, he led Columbia University for 5 years — from May 1948 until Jan. 1953, arsenic its 13th president. (Associated Press)
The twelvemonth he became Columbia's president, Eisenhower said, "The main intent of acquisition is to hole nan student for effective individual and societal life successful a free society. From nan schoolhouse astatine nan crossroads to a assemblage arsenic awesome arsenic Columbia, wide acquisition for citizenship must beryllium nan communal and first intent of them all," arsenic Columbia itself noted.
Several years earlier that, and arsenic portion of his lasting legacy, he vowed to support live nan representation of nan daze and horror, nan images of evil lurking wrong our species, that he observed astatine nan Ohrdruf attraction campy in Germany successful April 1945.
"The things I saw beggar description," Eisenhower wrote to Gen. George C. Marshall, president of nan Joint Chiefs of Staff, successful Washington, D.C.
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"The ocular grounds and nan verbal grounds of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were truthful overpowering arsenic to time off maine a spot sick."
The victims were mostly Jews — first dehumanized by Adolf Hitler’s far-left National Socialist German Workers Party, past brutalized successful a systemic extermination of humans connected an business scale.
Gen. Eisenhower, 3rd from near successful beforehand (with cap), is surrounded by generals Bradley and Patton astatine nan liberation of Ohrdruf campy successful Germany, adjacent Buchenwald, connected April 4, 1945. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
"Bodies were piled for illustration wood and surviving skeletons struggled to survive," nan United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reported of Ike’s presence astatine Ohrdruf.
Eisenhower instinctively knew that nan atrocities defied belief — and truthful needed proof.
"The ocular grounds and nan verbal grounds of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were truthful overpowering arsenic to time off maine a spot sick."
He vowed "to springiness first-hand evidence of these things if ever, successful nan future, location develops a inclination to complaint these allegations simply to ‘propaganda,'" he wrote successful his connection to Gen. Marshall.
One 3rd of nan world organization of Jews, astir 6 cardinal people, were slaughtered by nan National Socialists successful nan Holocaust.
By bid of U.S. subject authorities, nan German organization passed by nan bodies of respective 100 inmates of nan Buchenwald attraction campy successful April 1945. (ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Millions of different group were systemically killed, too.
At Eisenhower’s frantic urging, members of Congress and a cadre of journalists descended connected Ohdruf, and past connected dozens of different decease camps for illustration it that nan Allies discovered amid disbelief arsenic they swept done Germany successful nan last weeks of World War II.
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"He invited nan media to archive nan scene. He compelled Germans surviving successful nan surrounding towns and immoderate worker not fighting astatine nan beforehand to witnesser nan atrocities for themselves," nan Holocaust Museum notes.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower opinionated successful beforehand of a ample wall representation successful his office, London, Jan. 17, 1944. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
It added, "Eisenhower foresaw a time erstwhile nan horrors of nan Holocaust mightiness beryllium denied."
That time is present correct now — connected nan field of Eisenhower’s ain Columbia University.
‘By immoderate intends necessary’
Anti-Israeli student groups took complete nan Columbia quad this week arsenic existent assemblage President Minouche Shafik testified earlier Congress connected Wednesday astir antisemitism connected her campus.
Columbia, and different schools astir nan nation, arsenic good arsenic metropolis streets, person been overtaken by calls for Israel’s demolition since nan Oct. 7 Hamas panic attacks.
"Antisemitism has nary spot connected our campus, and I americium personally committed to doing everything I tin to face it directly," Shafik said successful her opening remarks.
Complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobia person accrued astatine nan New York City field of 35,000 students, prompting nan schoolhouse to put limits connected demonstrations, nan Associated Press reported. Now, protests tin beryllium held only connected weekdays astatine definite times and locations — pinch beforehand notice, nan AP besides noted.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower talking pinch American paratroopers connected nan evening of June 5, 1944, arsenic they prepared for nan Invasion of Normandy, Greenham Common, Berkshire, England, June 5, 1944. Eisenhower later served arsenic president of Columbia University from May 1948 to Jan. 1953. (Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
Shafik cited this arsenic grounds nan schoolhouse is superior astir protecting students, saying 15 students person been suspended and six are connected probation for breaches — though immoderate support this interferes pinch free speech.
Yet a time aft her appearance, a existent Columbia University student who is of Jewish practice told "Fox & Friends" connected Thursday morning, April 18, that she does not consciousness safe astatine each connected campus.
Columbia, and different schools astir nan nation, arsenic good arsenic metropolis streets, person been overtaken by calls for Israel’s destruction since nan Oct. 7 Hamas panic attacks slaughtered much than 1,000 civilian citizens of nan Jewish-majority nation.
Anti-Israel protesters took complete nan main section connected Columbia University's field successful New York City, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (WNYW)
Antisemitic protesters person shouted "by immoderate intends necessary" and "from nan stream to nan sea" – fundamentally calling for different Holocaust, for nan extermination of Jews.
The building "by immoderate intends necessary" has been dispersed astir campuses, including Columbia's, by nan far-left group National Students for Justice successful Palestine.
Its level comes consecutive from Hitler's far-left National Socialist playbook: monolithic authorities and a belief that Jews are colonizers.
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"A parasite successful nan bodies of different nations," arsenic Hitler called Jews successful "Mein Kampf."
Columbia's deans issued a connection connected Dec. 20 that acknowledged nan hatred connected its campus.
Protesters show adjacent Columbia University successful New York City arsenic they telephone for nan demolition of Israel "by immoderate intends necessary." (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
"Phrases specified arsenic ‘by immoderate intends necessary’ and ‘from nan stream to nan sea,'" nan schoolhouse noted, are "antisemitic and profoundly hurtful."
"Eisenhower foresaw a time erstwhile nan horrors of nan Holocaust mightiness beryllium denied."
Yet nan shouts for nan elimination of nan Jewish authorities proceed astatine Columbia and connected different American universities today.
Gen. Eisenhower listens arsenic a U.S. lieutenant questions a liberated enslaved laborer astatine nan German situation campy en Ohrdruf, Germany, successful April 1945. (Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)
Eisenhower predicted this day.
He said nan horrors of antisemitism, of nan Holocaust, mightiness beryllium forgotten.
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Many judge that America’s educational system coming has grounded to heed his important history lesson.
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Kerry J. Byrne is simply a manner newsman pinch Fox News Digital.
