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Munich, Germany, 1985

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 15

Scope and Contents

May 1-4, 1985. Photos of delegation of World Jewish Congress/American Jewish Congress and Jewish Delegation to Honor German Resistance, including Tom Hobart, David Dinkins (city clerk, New York, candidate for Manhattan Borough President, later mayor), feminist leader and author Betty Friedan, civil rights leader and comedian Dick Gregory, others, at Perlacher Cemetery and Dachau concentration camp; program of event, May 3, 1985; list of participants; Remarks by Theodore R. Mann at commemoration for Sophie and Hans Scholl at Perlacher Cemetery, Munich, Germany, May 3, 1985; press release re event from American Jewish Congress, protesting German Chancellor Kohl and President Reagan's decision to honor Nazi SS soldiers, Reagan's visit to Bitburg; America Jewish Congress press release, "Who Speaks at Bitburg?" condemning Reagan "reconciliation" visit to German military cemetery, n.d.; newspaper clippings re Reagan visit to Nazi cemetery, lingering anti-Semitism in Bitburg, defeat of Chancellor Kohl; travel documents and brochures; NYSUT press release, "NYSUT President in Germany to Honor Reconciliation," May 2, 1985; American Jewish Congress reprint of Newsweek article "Journey to Bitburg," May 13, 1985; catalog of the Dachau Memorial Museum, including historical background to the Third Reich, "Concentration Camp Dachau 1933-1945," 1978

Dates

  • 1985

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

100.56 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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