Hedy Epstein, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was arrested on Monday during unrest in Ferguson, Missouri KMOV reports.
Epstein, who aided Allied forces in the Nuremberg trials, was placed under arrest "for failing to disperse." 8 others were also arrested.
"I've been doing this since I was a teenager. I didn't think I would have to do it when I was ninety," Epstein told The Nation during her arrest. "We need to stand up today so that people won't have to do this when they're ninety."
Epstein is currently an activist and a vocal supporter of the Free Gaza Movement.
Tensions rose in Ferguson on Monday night after Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that the National Guard had been called in to help police protests.
Several people were arrested as protests ramped up, including Scott Olson, a photographer working for Getty Images.
President Obama addressed reporters on Monday and condemned the arrest of journalists covering Ferguson in the days since Michael Brown was shot and killed. He said he would be monitoring the National Guard presence to make it is "used in a limited and appropriate way."
"There is no excuse for excessive force by police," Obama said
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