WJC News Update – WJC President Lauder: ’45 years after Munich Olympic massacre, we see world’s silence again’

2017. szeptember 7 06:27

WJC News Update – WJC President Lauder: ’45 years after Munich Olympic massacre, we see world’s silence again’

 

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Small blog rsl WJC President Lauder: ’45 years after Munich Olympic massacre, we see world’s silence again’Long-awaited 1972 Munich Olympic massacre memorial inaugurated in Germany; Ronald S. Lauder: ‘This monument is not just about Jews. It is about all people.’
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