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MS-603: Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Collection, 1945-1992. Series E: General Alphabetical Files. 1960-1992

Box 89 , Folder 3, President's Commission on the Holocaust, 1980.

3101 Clifton Ave , Cincinnati. Ohio 45220 (513) 221·1675 phone. (513) 221·7612 fax americanjewisharchives.org · ,~ -.

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Rabbi Marc ~anenbaum The American Jewish Committee 165 East 56th Street New York, New York 10022

Dear Marc,

I am still putting together the program which will accompany the Holocaust Art Exhibit;, "Spirjtllal-Res-istan-ee.:_1_940::= .19.45~hat we are co-sponsoring with the Newark Museum, March 9 to Apiil 20.

As you and I have discussed, we would. like you to speak on an interfaith plat form scheduled for March 16 in the afternoon to inaugurate a series of lectures on different aspects of the Holocaust. Originally, our committee, chaired by Bee Hoffman, had hoped that Bishop Spong would share the platform with you. His

duties as a Bishop J however., have him already scheduled for back to back parish visits that day although he has agreed on behalf of the diocese, to ·become a co operating sponsor of the exhibit . . We have tentative agreement of the New Jersey Council of. Churches and are seeking some official Catholic participation.

When I last spoke to .Jim Rudin about our need for a replacement for Bishop Spong he and I agreed that Franklin Littell wouid "fill the bill." If that is all right with you, I will go ahead with the arrangements. Sydney Kellner m.ay be seeking the participat·ion of Eva Fleischner to add a Catholic voice to the. program.

In any event, I have had difficulty reaching you and although I thought you agreed to appear. in Newark on this date when last we talked in Tenafly, I have been un able to reach you or get a commitment from Rita.

Marc, this very important event would be inestimably enhanced in sta ture by your paTticipation~ .• -m~ommittee members and I do hope that you will be able to be with us on~arch l6: ~

Also, I would like to talk more with you about the substance of the program. I will continue to call you in the next days.

Best wishes. Sincerely yours, ~ Phillip A. Saperia New Jersey Area Director cc: Shula Bahat PAST CHAIRMEN

Julius H. Cohn' Wald ron Kraemer . Ridllrd H. Oall;mos Aic:h3rd,J . Meiln"llln George J . Grumbach . Mvron M . RubV Or. Alan H. H9rm3n 3ernil,d Samons Bee Hoffman Harry St.iner· Philip E. Ho ffm<1n Milton H. Stern Benedict M. Kohl B.rnard S. W.llernein

'~ased

Honofilry Treasurer - MaJt Neuberger

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Bettv Asher Dallid Mark,. Jr. Mitzi Augenblick Donald F. Marksrein Barbara Blau Roben R. Max Walter A. Cohn Harrv Mil t William S. Furman Norma Nudelman Or . Edith Gann Martin J. Oppenheimer Muriel GoldJlTlith Genie Reichman Dorothy Gordon Jean Aaisen Ginnv Grumbach Jack J. Roland J udy Heyman Dr. Morton Rosenberg Aaron Janowsk i SUJ.an SaIl. Sima Jelin Lucille ScheChter Helen Kaltenbacher Norman E. Schlesinger JQ5!!ph C. Kaflenbacher Alice Shapiro Daniel G. Kasen Peter Shapiro A05fl Keats Carol B. Siegler Linda Kohl Monon A. Siegler Jean Kraemer Dr. Gadiel M. Smith Leon Kran.r.toh r Bernard Sobel John O. Laner Stephen J. Squires Oavid C. Lazar Theodore E. Stein AUe n B. Levithan SuUn Stern J ack Li p~y Jane Walieruein May S. Lowy Marjorie Weil Lvnn Manshel Rhoda WClintraub Ronald E. Wis5

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Gertrude Asinof Murrav Maslow i Gilben L. Augenblick Carolyn Me;er Maurice Bick Mever Melnikofl Allen I. Sildner Philip S. Mill er Edward B. Blau Oallid Moskowi12 Ll!$lie L. BIOiiu J. George Moss A. Michael Chodorcoff Richard J . Newman Bessie Cohn Dr. Walter Nudelman' Theodore Cohn Arnold J. Palmer Arthur I. Davis Harriet Perlmutter Or. Saul L Firtel Svillia P ogash Nancv Fishman Stan lev POlan Harold H. Goldberg. Jr. Richard K. Pudet" Herman Golden Raben S. Puder B~sey Goldsmith Julian F . Reichman Robert Goldsmit h Cllrence Reisen Stella Goldstein Benson RO$l!nbelg Lois Goodkind Alan Sagner Harold E. Grona David M. Satz, Jr. Ruth Halpern Rob.rt Schechlcr Herber! J. Ha nnoeh Joseph W. Schiffenhaus Ann Harris Frank A. Schlesinger Sidney E. Harris Peter J. Scott Bermlrd Hell ri ng A. Harold Schwartz Rhoda Howard Alber! K. Speal""$ Manin Jelln Jerome M. Siein Donald M . Karp Victor W. Stein Sydney Kellner Bernard S. Sterling Allan Krim Charles Stern Frank R. Lautenberg Howard L. Ti ge r William E. Lehman, Jr. Elnel Wein'te;n Amy Uss Sidney M. Weinstein Dr. Henry Uss Thomas E. Weinstock Waller Marx Ruth Wolkuein Herbert L. Zuckerman

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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introduced. the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the CozIuniti.ee

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JOINT RESOLUTION

. (ID~rt. t.it-I,ll of joint r~lution Lere)

\~~o Designating the weekend of ~~~· ~·~I~~I=~~, __ _ as .~ .'Days of Remembrance .. - of Victims of the Hol,ocaust. ',I Whereas, less than forty years ago, six million Jews as well as

millions of others were murdered in Nazi concentration ~amps

as part of a planned program of exterminatio~; Whereas ·the people of the ..Uni ted States of America .. . 'should always

remember the teriible atrocities committed by the Nazis so that they ' are never repeated;

WheTe~s . the people of t"he United States should continually rededicate

themselves to the prjnciple of equality, rec~gnizi~g that ~very t act of bigotry is rooted in the same callousness and cruelty of spirit as the acts commited by the Nazis;

Whereas the people of the United States should remain eternally vigilant against all tyranny, recognizing that tyranny provides

a breeding ground for .bigotry to flourish; Whereas ApTil(~~~ ~been designated internationally as a day of

remembrance of vict i~s of the Nazi ~olocaust, known as

Yom Hoshoah; and Whereas it is appropriate for the American people to join in the

international commemoration;

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assem~. ed~_._q

That, in memory of all those who perished in the Nazi concentration

camps and in the hope that Americans will strive .always to overcome

cruelty and prejudice through vigilance and resistance, the weekend

·of April "13 of 1980 is hereby designated as "Days of Remembrance of

Victims of the HcJ.ccaust." The President is authorized and

requested to issue a proclamation eack ) S1" calling upon the

people of the United States to remember the atrocities committed

by the Nazis and to observe those days with appr6pria~e ceremonies

and prayers.

I SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES an eM oem'pus of vaehhia unlvareh;:y of Ioa.angalae \ '.

April 16, 1980

Dear Colleagues: As you may have heard, CBS recently announced the Aabbi Marvin Hler postponement of the airing of PLAYING FOR TIME in "." Los Angeles, CA which they cast Vanessa Redgrave, the supporter of the PLO, to portray Fania Fenelon, an Auschwitz Boa rd of Trustees heroine. CBS further announced that they will Samuel Salzberg invite organizations to preview the film in order Chairman to prove its "humanity" and to lay to rest the Varn;ouve r, B.C. claim that they were in any way "insensitive" in Roland E. Arnall Co-chairman t ·heir decision-making. As the enclosed material Los Angfll&s, CA relates, the Wiesenthal Center rejects ~ny such Mrs. Marvin Cohen viewing of the film as superfluous to the issue ChairWoman. Simon Wiesenfhal Canter since Redgrave's portrayal fn of itself represents ~aVerlY Hills, CA a. distorti on of. the. . story_of_Fania and .the legacy of the martyred millions and would only present a Wililam Selzberg Bevarly Hills. CA platform for those who would revoke the link between Alan I. Casden the Holocaust and the State of Israel. We view the B everly Hills, CA only proper solution to this issue by either: Arthur Fouks, a.c. Vancouver, a. c. a) recasting of the lead role or Hank Greenspun . Las .Vegas. NV b) the permanent shelving of the project Frank Hammer Bevarly Hills. CA Frank Horny We would appreciate hearing your views on thi~ issue Los A ~I&S, CA and look forward to working with you in the future. Robert Ives ~ rly Hi!ls, CA Marcus Lowy Los Angel&s, CA Jack Nash New yot/( City, NY ~~ Abe Poll in Rabbi Abraham Cooper WlIShington, D.C. Assistant to the Dean Frank Sinatra Director of Outreach Programs Pa lm Springs. CA ArnOld Smith AC : 1nd PfIoenil, AZ enc. Irving I. Stone cma1snd. OH William Weinberg 8BYef1y Hills. CA Maurice Weiss Bewrly HiIIl, CA Morris J, WOSk Vanoouvar, ac. I

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Higher Education & Acadenic Research (cent.d):

B. Series of fellowships and grants for' research Problan of who should and travel for scholars and a series of occupy Chairs. fellowships and grants for graduate stude.Tlts, Cost effectiveness. intgrrlships and training; inclu:ling matching Chairs are for senior grants to institutions or to faculty who ~uld scholars--priority of v.Drk with. such students. training Question of what is the Activities of the Endowment for Higher discipline of Holocaust Education: studies; in all studies 1. r e llowships and grants for research & travel victims, perpetrators 2. Project funding: Encyclopedia on Holocaust and bystanders should Studies & monographs; Document series be included similar to IMT Blue Volumes (translations into Engltsh fran other languages); oral history. 3. Visiting faculty program - "rrobile. It

C. Publications: 1. Priority to dut-of-print classics 2. Selective support for new works of special merit 3. Fw"lds for survivor's' accounts publiqitions when they, are not duplicating & have sane special intrinsic value. 4. D::x:urrentary and photographic tooks.

D. Conferences: 1. Scholars conferences Priority on research ' 2. Training &. teaching confer€l'"'!ces 3. Public conferences to open up the public -'to the issue 4. Conferences on the ~lications of the Holocaust for hllI1\311ist & public p:Jlicy issues

It was stressed tha t this Sul:x.x:mni ttee' 5 highest priorlty should be acad~c scholars. conferences, primarily focused on research. ,',

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, , ' . IN TIlE SEN1\TE' OF TH;E UNITED' STATES

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MI'. .DANFORTH '(for himself, Mr. ANDEIISON, MI'. BAK):n ,. Mr. BAYH, .Mr. B~~·i,s .:N I MI'. B 'ID~;~, M.:., BnOOKl:', M;··.)-lAn;l~ li\ J3Y~D; Jit.)i".·C~ 'N'NON, MI': (j),\SF.,,' h'lt-.. CHAF}:!::; . Mi'.:. CIIILt:S, Ml', CHUnC~[, MI'. CLAim:;' I. Mr. CIIANSTON, MI'. Cum'ls, MI'. DF.CONC1Nt, Mr. DOLE, MI'. DOll.u:Nlcr,; MI'. D~KIN, "l\fl" EAOI.r.rON" Mr: GI.t:NN, ·l\h:::O'01.DWATJo;R,· MI', GRA~·L, ~ Mr. Gna'.k'lN, Mr. HANSl:N, M ... H.\SJn:LL, MI'. HNJ'CII, MI', .MARK 0: HAT ~ .. " , , ',. • • , • , '. , , I I I FIF.L1), Mr. ·HA'I'IIAWAY, 'M,;' lLwAllAWA, MI'; ·HE.INZ;l Ml·," HUDDLES· l.'ON, Mrs. HUMI'IlItK\', M,', JACKSON, .Mr. JA)'l'l'S, ]\f,.. , JOU'NSroN, " ...., I; " .' • . .' •. I ,I • "' . I." ~ Mr. ·K.~NN}: DY, Mr. 'I.A:S:ALT, MI', r-'~\IIY', ?til" LUGAn, Mr. MATUlAS, Mr. MCCLUIIE, ~.!l-. M CGO\'ERN, ~h .. · Mc!NT"ni.:, . Mr. . M f:LCIIEn,.; Ml". "b~l'U:NBAU~(, Mr. MORO,\?(, Mr. M01'N liIAX, MI', MU8KU:, Mr, PA C~WOO D,

Mr, P.:LI• .. , . MI',• P.:ncr. , .MI',' Rnitcot,.' 'F 1 MI.,.,'. RnXlLl: -. '" MI'; ROTJi.,' MI'. S,\liuA'Nl:S, .. , . , Mr. SA8s.~ n ; Mr. Scu:urrr, Mr. SCHW£IKER, Mr. STAFFORD, Mr. STEVENS, MI'. ,STF.\'EN80N, All': S1'ONE, Mr. THUU1I(oND"MI'; 'rOWER; MI'. W A.LL

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Dcsignnting the ,,~eekend ,of or preceding. April, 29, of ·each .. yea.r ,. . , ".. .. . -." ". ) . , " ,, " . /. . ' , ,. " : ,as "Days of ReI)lembrnn,ce of ,Victims 01 the Holocaust", , ,:;.," . :!; ':, ~J " : I , l,~ , .' .. , j -' :=: " ,,/ ';"";' .', i.1,· ' " ' ~-. Whereas, les,s tlmn forty years ago, six nlillion Jews as wclViis :.) ';~~ili~~s : of othe~'s w~re ~l~Ul : d~~'ed iiI Nn 'zi ' c~nce~ltratioli ' ~~mp~ :.. ,as"· pillt·! Of , 0;; planned 'p;'ogram'o!'''';:"till'li\i'n.tioil; ': ,: ' ,

Whereas the :~'c6ple 'of 'the 'United StOiOOS 'WA.ilel'icff' shoutd! al' . ,vays, : "el)!~nll\er, tbe " teITi!bl,e;' ~(;rociti~~, c!>'l).nitte4' ?y,i th~ ,

.' r..[lZi~ 'l~ ~" ~;: t}h~r ft.l;e . ~~.v; er rep~~.tl~?;; : <. Z :.-:L '(.' h;. Uii I Whereas the people of the United Stntes should continuaUy re- . .;.;. ·I·· .. :· : :··: ·: · ; ·· · I ! 1" ;·.~,i),~·· r ,' ( .~. ! dedicate themselves to the prinCiple of equality, recognizing'

II 95TH CONGRESS 2u SESSION S. J. RES. 135 JOINT RESOLUTION Designating the weekend of or preceding April 20 of encb l'(!i1r IlS "Dill's or 1teme l nl:lro.~ce or Victims or the Holocaust".

By ?Ur. DIISFQUTll. Mr. Asv&J:Sox. M r. 8,,-"&R, Mr. lJAYII, 1IIr. llESTSES. Mr. HID!::N, lIlr. HaOO'-E. Mr. lhRRY F. BYRO, - , JIl.• Mr. C"-Sl"OS, l l r. CASE, Mr. CH.IF!>E, Mr. CHILES, Mr. C IIUltCII, Mr. Ct.,,-nK. lIlr. CIlASI:ITOS. llr. CUIITIS, )'lr. DE CONel sI, Mr. DOLI:, Mr. DOllESICI, Mr. DUIIKIt;, Mr. Ba GL!::TO!f, M r. GLES:-I. Mr. GOLJ)WAT~M, i'IIr. GRJ"\'J:I,, Mr. GUJFFIS, lIr. H,,-SSEN. Ur. HASKELL, Mr. HATCH, ?Ir. ~I"-K" O. HATt'n:LI>, Mr. ELITII,\\\'.\I',]\fr. I-hY"-KA.w,,-. )lr. HEIIU, ,)Jr. HUPOLt; I:ITOs, l l rs. HlIMI'HKI':Y, l\lr. JACKSO",. Mr. JAVITS, Mr. JOIlI'1STQN, Mr. KESS&DY , Mr. LAX,l.LT, l\lr. LEADl:, Mr. LUGAR, Hr. MATHIAS, Mr. McCLunE, Mr. M CGOVERN; Mr. M CINTYlU:, :Mr. i\h:I,C m1lR, ;\Ir: METZE"' BAU~ I , Mr. MORGAS, 1'l r. "JOYSIItAN, Mr. Mus.-n;, Mr. PACKII'OOIl, Mr. ['ELI" l lr. ['Ellcr, Mr. RIBICOIIF, Mr. RU:Gu:, Mr. ROTH, Mr. .SARnA:':E8, ) I r. S,u'sl:n, Mr. SClllllTl', Mr. ScnwEIKEn; Mr.. S ....\P'rORD, ),rr;·.. STIl:\,ES~. Mr. STtlVESSO!f , Mr. Sro:H:, Mr. '1'nO IDI0!fO, ) [ r. TOWf:R. Mr. WALLOI'. ·M r. WElcK lm, Mr. WILLIA.'>lS, Mr. Youse, flnd.Mr. ZOnlSSK'i

MAr 18 (Iegislntlve dny, MAT 17). 1978 Read twice and reterre (J to t he Committee on the Judiciary 2 tbat every act of ·bigotry is rooted in the snme callousncss and cruelty of spirit as the acts committed by the Nazis; Whereas the people of the Uni ted States shonld remain eter nally vigilant against all tyranny, recognizing that tyranny provides a breeding grolUld for bigotry to BOllrish; Whereas the memory of 'the Daehan eoncentmtion camp remains ·a startling symbol of all tl,e destructive acts of the Nazis and more generally, the cn.pncity of people to be erncl, the perni cious qnality of bigotry, and the danger of all tyranny; and Wbereas the liberation of Dachau is testimony to the ability of people to overcome cruelty and bigotry through vigilance and resistance: Therefore, it is bereby

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep"esentMives

2 of the United States of AIII""ica in Congress assembled, 3 That, in memory of nil those who perished in the N nzi ccn- 4 centmtion camps and in the hope tha.t Americans will strive 5 always to overcome cruelty and prejudice tlu'ough vigilance 6 and resistance, the weekend of or preceding April 29 of ench 7 year, the anniversn.ry of the days in 1945 when the Dachan 8 concentmtion camp was liberated by United States Anned 9 Forces, is hereby designated as "Days of Remembrance of 10 Victims of the Holocaust", 'l.'he President is au'thorized and 11 requested to issue a proclamation each ycn.r calling upon the 12 ' people of the United States to remember the atrocities com- 13 mitted by the Nazis and to observe those days with appro- 14 priate ceremonies and prayers. United States Holocaust Memorial Council

FOR IMMEDIATE ~ May 5, 1980

. . President' Carter has created the United States Holocaust ·M3rorial COl.ll1cil to establish a marorial to the six million Jews wtn perished in tlle lbloca.ust, and to give appropriate regard to pther victims of gencx:::ide . in the TWentieth Century.

The Holocaust !'tEm:Jrial Council will carry out the re<::x::mren&tions of its predecessor, the President IS Ccmnission on the Iblocaust, by establishing a rrerrorial/rnuseurn in Washington, D.C;-, an educational, and research foundation, and a Citizens' Ccmnittee an Conscience. Funding will l:e principally from priVate

Chairman of the 6G-rrenl:er Council appointed by the President is Elie Wiesel, noted author and Andrew Mellon Professor of Hl..mani.ties at Boston University. ·Mr. wiesel is a SUrvivor of the Nazi concen tration canps, and the leading spokesnan for ·the victims of the f:loloc:aust.

Serving as Vice Chairman is Mark 'Ialisman, Director, Washington . Action Office of the Council of Jewish Federations. . The Council Director is M:)nroe H. Freedman, famer Dean at lbfstra University Law Schcx:>l. Arrong the Q:mI1cil rreml:ers are distinguished sch:>l.ars, .civic and religious leaders, and Survivors of· t.he Holocaust.

In forming the CmD1cil, . PresideJ)t Cai-t.er 'noted the ·reasons that the lblocaust is of fundaIrental significance to Americans.' '. 'First, . it·was American troops who liberated. many of the death ' canps and exp::lsed the horrible truth of what had been done there • .. Also, the United States subsequently becarre the taneland of many SUtvivors .

. The President noted further that Americans ITUlSt .bear reSJ;X)Ilsibil.it;y for not being willing to acknoWledge 40 years ago that this tragic ' event was OC'CUITing. In addition, Am=ricans are a humane people, concerned. with the hunan rights of all peoples. In studying the syst"ertatic destruction of the Jews by the Nazis, the President 'added, .we can seek to liaaIn how to 'prevent recurrence of gencx::idal threats ?-gairist any national or etlmic group. -

The COl.IDcil will suhnit its r€I:XJrt to the President:, in December of this year.

# # # # # Suite 832, 425 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 202-724-0779 THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS r·1r. Elie Wiesel, Chairman. Survivor, distinguished author and scholar; served as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust; New York City. Mr. Mark Talisman, Vice Chairman. Director of the ~jashington Ac.ticn Program for the Council of Jewish Federations, and a founder and instructor at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University; Washington, D.C. Rabb; Joseph Asher, National Vice President of the American Jewish Congress; San Francisco, California. Mr. Tibor Baranski, Social Services Department, Catholic Charities, Buffalo, New York; "honored by Yad Vashem for his actions saving Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

Hr. Irving eernstein, National Executive Vice President of the United Jewish Appeal; New York City. Or. Marver Bernstein, President of Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts. Mr. Hyman Bookbinder, Washington Representative "" of the American Jewish Committee, who has also served as Washington " Chairman of the Ad Hoc Coalition for Ratification of Genocide and Human Rights Treaties; Washington, O.C. Mr. Victor Borge, the actor, long active in Tribute to the Danes, a foundation designed to honor the Danes for' their efforts" in World War IIj Greenwich, Connecticu~. Dr. Robert McAfee Brown", Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pacific School of Rel ;9ion; Berkeley, Cal Hornia. Professor Harry Ja"mes Cargas, Chai rman of the Department of Literature, Webster College, and author of books on the Holocaust; St. "Louis, Missouri. Ms. Esther"Cohen, Chair of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, member of the Golda Meir Club, a trustee of Yeshiva University; Los Angeles, California. Professor Gerson D. Cohen, Chancellor and Jacob H. Schiff Professor of History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America; New York City. Honorable Mario Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor of New York, fanner attorney and law professor, and a member of the Legal Committee for Soviet Jewry; Albany, New York. .

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A. Arthur Dav; s, Esquire, a Des Moines, Iowa, attorney active in civic and humanitarian affairs~ Professor Terrence DesPre"s, Professor of English at Colgate University and author of The Survivor, a study of how people survived the Holocaust; Hamilton, r~ew York. . Pastor Constantine N. Dornbalis, Theologian and Dean of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, active in the National Conference of Christians and Jews Brotherhood; ~ichmond, Virginia. Mr. Jaroslav Drabek, a survivor, forme.r member of the Underground Czechoslovakia Against Nazi War Criminals, and an attorney who prosecuted Nazi war criminals in Czechoslovakiaj Washington, D.C. • Ms. Kitty Dukakis, President of the National Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide who was chairman of the Holocaust Subcommittee on Education; Brookline, .Massachusetts. Professor Willard Fletcher, fonner Chainnan of the History Department at the University of Delaware, and who assisted the· . Office of the Public Prosecutor in West Germany in gathering evidence against Nazi war criminals; Newark, Delaware. Mr. Irvin Frank, Chairman of the Board of Zochrim, Zachor: The Holocaust Resource Center, New York City, and past president of the Tulsa (Oklahoma) ·Jewish Community Council; Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Sol Goldstein, a survivor, a businessman and Cha i nnan- of the Chicago Committee for Holocaust Commemoration; Skokie, Illinois. Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a survivor, Cantor of Ahavath Achim Congregation in Atlan"ta, Georgia .

Professor Alfred Gottschalk, President of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion; Cincinnati, Ohio. Or. Irving Greenberg, a rabbi, author, Holocaust scholar, and Director of the National Jewish Resource Center; New York City. Ms. Dorothy Height, President of the .National Council of Negro Women; New York City. Father Theodore Hesburgh, President" of Notre Dame University; South Bend, Indiana.

Professor Rau 1 Hil berg, flcCu 11 ough Professor of Po 1 it i ca 1 Sci ence at the University of Vermont, author of The Destruction of the European jews.; Burl i ngton, Vennont. -3-

Julian E. Kulas, Esquire, a Chicago, Illinois, attorney and banker, Chainnan of the Helsinki I~onitorin!i Committee of Chicago, and of the Interfaith Group of the 'Jewish Federation of Chicago. Professor Nannan 'Lamm, President of Yeshiva University in New York City, an author, lecturer, and rabbi, Director for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congress of America.

Mr .. Frank R. Lautenberg, President. of the United Jewish Appeal, a businessman and philanthropist; Clifton, New Jersey. Mr .. Miles Lennan, a survivor, bUSinessman, and Vice Chainnan of the National State of Israel Bonds; Vineland, New Jersey. • Professor Franklin Littell, Chairman of the Board of the National Institute on the Holocaust, a professor of religion at Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Steven A. Ludsin, Esquire, attorney and investment banker, President . of Remembrance of the Holocaust Foundation, on the board of directors of ftmerican Friends of Haffa University New York City.

Mr. Aloysius A. Mazewski, President of the Polish American Congress of Chicago and the Polish National Alliance; Chicago,Iliinois. Mr. Benjamin Meed, a survivor, businessman, President of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization; New York City. Professor Ingeborg G. Muaksch; distinguished professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University, active in community affairs and human rights causes;" Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Set Momjian, a human rights activist who was a U.S. representative to the U.N. General Assembly in 1978-79 and White House representative to the Human Rights Commission .in Geneva in 1979; Huntingdon Valley, Pennsyl vani a. , Father John T. Pawlikowski, Professor of Social Ethics at Catholic Theological Union, a member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations; Chicago, III inoi s.

Rabbi BernardS. Raskas, Rabbi of Temple of Aaron Congregation in St. Paul, Minnesota, an author on Jewish affairs. -4- Mrs. Hadassah Rosensaft, a survivor, lecturer and author on the Holocaus.t; New York City. Mr. Bayard Rustin, President of the A. Philip Randolph Educational Institute; New York City. Dr. Abraham Sachar, Chancellor and former President of Brandeis Univer·si ty; Waltham, Massachusetts. Edward Sanders, Esquire, attorney and former "Senior Advisor to President Carter; Los Ange.1es, California 1·1r. Julius Schatz, Director of the National Commission on Jewish Life and Culture of the American Jewish Congress, active in various Holocaust or~anizat;ons; New . York City. • Richard Schifter, Esquire, an attorney and former President of the Maryland State Board of Education; Washington, D.C. Mr . Sigmund Strochlitz; a survivor, President of .American Friends of Haifa University, ~here he endowed a chair in Holocaust Studies; New London, Connecticut. Mr. Kalman Sultanik, a surviVor, Vice President of the World Jewi.sh Congress, Executive Co-President of the World Conference of General Zionis·ts;· New York · City.

Mr. Glenn E. Watts, President of the Communications Workers of America; Washington, D.C.

Mr. 5;ggi B. Wilzig, a survivor, businessman and a national lecturer on the Holocaust; Jersey City, New Jersey. r·1r . Eli Zborowski, a surviv·or, businessman, Honorary President of the American Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp Inmates and Nazi Victims, and member of the executive committee of Yad Vashem; ~Jew York City. ,

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:

"The Honorable Jam.es J. Blanchard, House of Representatives ..

The Hon()ra~le Rudy Boschwitz, United States Senate.

The Honorabl~ John C. Danforth, United States Senate.

The Honorable Bill Green, House of Representa tiv es. • The Honorabl e Henry M. Jackson, United States Senate.

The Honorabl e William Lehman, House of Representatives.

The Honorable Claiborne Pell, United States Senate.

The Honorable Stephen J. Solarz, House of Representatives.

The Honorable Richar~ B. Sto'ne, United States Senate.

The Honorable Sidney R. Yates, House of Representatives • .' [start]

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

, Juhn F. Kr'JIIU'fly u'uh'r for IIw l'I'rlurmin~ Arb~ The John r. K~nncdy ~nltr for the Pcrrorming Art" de~iR"ated hy Congress as thl! sole official "H'llw!'i .. ! in W.uhinl{lOn 10 rr~i"('nl KClllw(ly.opencd oflic:ially on ~plcmb('r 8, 1971, 13 ),Cilrs, almost 10 the dOIlY, after legislation 'Waf enuled providing tor the e5I01blishmenc of a N.lliona) CuhurilJ ~nler in the nalion's capital. Com'runiull uf IIlc (~nl('t WOl~ rm.,"",," hy I'ri\'''I(' nmlribulion~ lota1in~ over 12ft million. a federal millfhin~ grilnl of $25 million, and ,I United Stilts Treuury loan, authorized for the construction or the 1,600-sparc underJI:TOuncl 'larking garage. The building was designed by American architect Edward Durell Slone and built of marble don.ued by llaly. The Cenler's facililirs include Ihe I.I~al f:i~lIhower Thealer, the 2,Joo.stat O~ra HouJl' ,. allli the 2, 7""().~"1 Concert Hall. II aiM) hOUSoC5 the 221·.~~t American Film Institute Theater and Ihree restaurants. All facilities are in oreration throughout the year. ArnonA' the alreas yet to boe completed is a 500-SoCal experimenlaltheateJ'. Charged with the tnponsibililY for pr~nting clauical and contemporary music. opera, drama and poetry from this coumry and ahroad, the Cl'nler is commiuN to maintaininR' the highe~t 5lanci;mh of artistic achievrmen( .. ncl 10 fostering innovativr work. of the highl'Si Ctt;.tlive ordtr. Its productions have rece;"cil IInprettdent~ auditnce support. and already i, has had a significant impact upon Ihe cullurallife of the countl')' as a whole. In 197~, tht Center joined with the Depanment of Health, Education and WeHart 10 establish ' the Alliance for Arts Education. The Alliance is de~ignetl 10 promote inc:reased participation by sludt-nts throughoul the COUniry in Kennedy Ct'nter activities and to establish the Center 1_ as a focal point for IIrengthening the arlS in education al alileveb. Although a bureau of the Smithsnnian Inslililrion, the Center is administered 5e~ratcly by a H·member board oC trustttt. Its l~rforminK aru .. cti"itie~ are funded by private contributions and reV(,IlIiC Crom theater 0ller.1tiolls. Visitor M."rvice~ are providl'd by the National Park Service and 'he Friends or the Kennedy ~ntcr. r------

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f ' The National Gallery of Art, although technically a hureau of the Smithsonian, is a'n autonomolls organil.alion governet! hy its own bolml of trusiees, The Chairman of Ihe Board i~ the Chid .Iu~lice of the 1Inil('11 Slale,: olhel' memhers arc the ~rretarie~ of St,lte and of the Tl'easury. the Secretary of the Smilhwniall IIiSlilll1ioll, and five distin)l;uished private citilens, '"

W tuulru,,' Wil!'Ooll Inh'rnuliullul f :t'nlt'r fur Sc·hul •.Ir!'O

This Center was created by the Congress of the United Stale~ as the nation's official "living ", lllemori .. I" in honor of rre~ideut \Vo(){lruw 'Vil,,,u, III respome 10 il juim rescllulion of the CUlIwe~s, President )\ellm:dy iI,lpuilllt.'d Ihe 'Vu.. dl'llw Wilsuu MClUurial COll1missiull ill October (If l~Jlil III pbn a n;lIion:11 mCllwri;11 lu thc 2M!!1 I'lesidell! flf Ihe {luited Slare ,~, Tile Commission 1l'('OIllHlt'lldcd lhat Ihe Wihull 1II('nll)ri;11 i!l(h"!tO;1 (:.clllt"r fol' SdlflLtrs in dowllluWll \Vasll, iugloll, Tltt' Nillctieth COII~no~~ p;metl 1q.~i~l;tlillll ill l!JliH, C~I;llJli~hjll~ thc Woodrow Wilson IlIllTu:ttioll;11 (:cnler for S,'hulars, The (;elll('r, (;IJlIgl'("ss deflared. shuilid be a livill/-: insliltllioll ('xpressillJ.: Ihe ideals ;md IUlIl'erm uf \Vllodrow \Vi1~~11 s),1II1Ioli/.ill).; amI slrellJ.;lhellill).t Ihe f .... i,flll rl'laliou iJelweell Ihe world uf leilrning and the ",'orld of puhlic affairs:· The Memorial Act placed the ,Celiler in Ihe Smithsonian Jmtirution under (he administra tioll of a 1!:1-member presidentially,appointe!! HI);1rI1 (If Trmlees, eighl to he eho'>en from privale life and snen from 1'1,lllie IJO ,~ilioJl\, "he firsl ( ' hairmall,w"~ Hul.ICrt H, "umphrey, He v.: .. ~ slJ('(ecded by William l U;If()O(ly in Ma)' 1972. TrustcCs from pulJlie pOliitioll5 arc Ihe S('(Tcrarr ,.r StillC; Secrelary of 1kidlh, Edu(al illn alld Wei farc: (:11:1 irman IIf the NlI.t ional buloWIllt'1I1 for thc Humanities; the Senetary of the ,'imilhMllli .. n Institution; the Lihrarian of (;on~l("s _~, :llulllle Archivist Ilf Ille l J nilC(I · Slal("~' The CCllIef is a joint puIJlk'l'ri\'ale cnl('rpri,'i(', allll the legislation called for hoth private .and pullli!' sup]l(lrl. A gralll fmlll the I-"ord lUlIllIbtiol1 in early l!jfi9 made IJO~sihle initial l

_...... __. . . . program accommoda"IC$ up 10 10 Kholan who arc: sel~cted from diverse disciptin~s, occupa· tions. and profeuions to work individually and in groups at the Ct:nler's offices for ~riod5 ranging from a few months to more than a year. The general theme of the fellowship progrilm adopted by the Board of Trustees re-Rects Woodrow Wilson's broad ide... !! ;lnd concerns as a .Khalar ilnd stillcsrnan. The bouic aim is tilt' generation ami rommllniralion of scholarship that meets the mmt exacting sl;llItlanls. F:mph ;il$i~ i~ pbcctl on studies of fundamental political. MX:iOlI. amI intellectual issues desiKned to illuminate man's l!-odentanding of critical contemporary and emerging problems ami to suggest means of resolving such prohlam. The chid roncer!) of the eCOIer is with the S('holarly c.al.abililie~. promiw:. ~lId achi~v~mrnlS of Ih~ prospective f~lIow. thr importance and originality IIf l/1r propmed rescOlrc/1. :m11 the likdihcx.xl of the applic;1Il1 hcillJ:" :.blc 10 I', ac('ompli~h whOlt he or she l.roP()~' j " Frllowships OIt the Onler are not confine'C.I to andemics ami are not designed for the IJer· formance of narrow specialties or the perf«tion of private languages. This is an institution which. seeks to radiatr scholarly thouli;ht and values into the larger world; fello ..... ~hips are inlendrd to rncouTage schohn from diverse regions of the United Slate~ .and from abroad 10 usc more fully. systematically, and aggrrssivrly the unparalleled bibliographical. archi~'al, and human resources of the Institution and the city of Washinjitlon. A wide variety of proh!em~ 411111 t1i~cipliltes is ""ekome Wilhill this gC'nerOlI statelllent of poJi("y- EilCh Fello ..... must ha"c ;.m ilppropriate major project, ilnd speciild value is attachcd to :1 work. which tranM:tnds traditional disciplinuy divisions and introoucrs an historical. Vhilo sOjlhical or comparative dimension.

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Original documents faded and/or illegible SUolMARY OF SlJ13CXM't1.ITI'EE REX:.'CM'1ENDATIONS

AND OPrIONS •

Opt10ns Serlously Oonslderea Subcommittee Proposal by the Sulxurmi. ttees

Museum ' and r-bnurrent:

A. A national museum/rrerrorial located in Locate either in D.C. or Washington incorporating display of and Nell York. learning experiences about the events ot the Holocaust and its meaning to the MJve tONard all ccrnp:ments Nation so that people wbuld not rrerely at once. look at SCifC esthetic representation but woUld have to encc>tmter and learn Split of research So museum alx)u t ·the J!o!oa:.lUst. New York has academic B. Ti"k-.t this museum be of symbolic and infrastructure. artistic beauty, appropriately designed to be visually and errotionally rroving Life that was destroyed. in accordance With the sol€fIU1 and extra- ordinary'character of the Holodaust Particular/universal balance. which it .memorializes.

C. That the museum be a center D.f research and education about the Holocaust and its implications; that it do so.by inCorporating "a library or archival materials as deared appropriate by further development.

D. That it be part of a network of instituqons teaching and researching the fblccaust, but that it ccmple- "1 ment, not duplicate, such institutions and tha tit reach out to them and to the country as a major extension service.

E. That its services include an educational foundation or institution to stimulate, serVice and complement education and research atout· the Holocaust, including COII1IiE310ration & resource centers as well as teaching, curriculum development & schdlarship through challenge & matching grants, fell~shipsl stipends & stlppOrt. - L -

Options Seriously Cbnsidered Sub:,:ann.i t tL'C I 'n.)I...(J~.1 by the Subcorrmi ttees

Education and CUrricula:

A . The creat ion of a f l exible e::iucational Problem of local autonomy entity whose scope w;:)ul d include all and local resp::msibili ty. forms of, Holocaus't €d.ucation with extension services. Specificity: Universal/ parti cular . IL 'I'he initial emphasis t.e pl aced on developing curricula fo r 7th t hrough A.rrrenian experience. 12th' yrades . Probl em ' of r egional ization. C. That this entity be resp::msihle for bringing together periodical ly a Scqpe of errlc:wrent - consortium of educators and curricula mechanism for affecting its developers. r ealization.

D. That the ComrrUssion make availabl e Priorities: what shoul d be its expertise to publishers df undertakeri when and by wrrn. textt.Ooks.

E . That the ed.ucational insti tut e should , specifically have a foundation attached. to it which would enable i t to serve as a central hub and nourisher of a national network of inst~ tutions devoted to Holocaust educat ion & CUiiiletOration.

F. That' the institute should have a mechanism of stimulating study and i research of the HOlocaust through grants in support of specific programs, or other appropriate forms of support, such as matching grants, cl1all enge grants, funding for research, SChOlarships, local and regional projects.

Hunan Rights:

A. That ,since, the ,highest expression of an Problems of language and appropriate rrerrorial to the victims of restrictiveness~should ' it the Holocaust is to prevent apathy in relate only to genocide or the face of a potential r~ence for to other violations of hl.lTlaI1 any human group, the merror ial prograJTI rights. for ,victims of the Holocaust incorporate - 3 -

------Options Seriously·Considered Sulx..'omnittee ,ProRr?"s;al . by the, S~ttees

Human Rights (cont'd. ):

the ". c;:re-?-.tion of a, Coc;:mnittee on, Conscience to alert the J\merican government and people of massive violations of human rights which have the potential of reCOI'[ling (or are actually) genocide o r of dimensions that approach the Holocaust when these violations are eithei govern ment d~rected or .governrrent tol erated.

B. That the Cc:mnission" s recalilendations reaffirm the Nuremberg principles as universally valid principles, including in pctrticular the principle of per sonal responsibility of individuals for crimes"against 'humani ty.

C. That the principle of protection of human ' rights is a matter of indi vidual concern and resp:)I1,sibili ty .

D. That t:a the government, ratification of the Genocide Convention and other human rights OODventions be proposed and that earmarking of funds in the app~ priations of the National Endowment for the Hurrani ties and the Nati onal Science Foundation be proposed for r esearch relating to crimes against humanity.

E. That to "the private sector, prop:>se the ccmn..ission of the codi.fication of conternp::>rary i.i1ternational l aw con ceptions of cr~s ag~inst humanity and--related Subjects.

FundiDg:

A. The carrpaign for the rrerrorial is achieveable with funds earning from five sources: (1) c6q:orations; (2) individual subscriptions; (3) goy~t ; (4) for eign govern- . rrent; and (5) foundations. - ~ -

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FUnding (cont'd.):

B. Progr9Jll should be broad based and educational including the p:Jssihle participation of all school children il1 the United States. c. The gove~t srould be a.ske,j on a Ratio of government funding dOllar- for-dollar basis and that is subject to discussion. the staff and co-chairpersons immediately set out- to explore its feasibility.

D. That no separation soould 1:::e all~ J:::etv.een a building ~ a program for tpat separation v.ould rmke the- program vulnerable. If a chOice had to be rrade, the priority sryould go to the program.

E. The governrrent should be asked to assurre the cos~s 9£ rnai..htenance and staffing of the memorial institution that is creabed.

F. Support and encouragenent for the fund- raising c~ign should ~ frClll1 the White House.

Higher Education ~d AGad~c Research:

A. Equipping a meirorial building:" Relationship to Yad Yashem. library containing I:x:oks, microfilm of docl.lirents, private papers, oral history testiIrony, and "newspapers; a map collection, photographs, films . Computer linkage of existing resources. Link to National Archives Conference facilities for meetings. and Library of Congress. Reference Staff. Acquisitions for rrerrorial library .

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Higher Education & Acadenic Research (cent.d):

It was stressed tha t this Sul:x.x:mni ttee' 5 highest priorlty should be acad~c scholars. conferences, primarily focused on research. • : -'

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Options Seriously COnsidered ~~~ttee Proposal ,: .py ~~ ~~,tt~~ "

lIigher Education & Acaderruc 'ReseaI8h .(ctmt!dS:, , '::':

: ' . .... ~ 'r~~... E. Reaffirm that the integrity of Holocaust Funding for people to • \> _qt1.rlbe~ d!3f\IDds a broad concept of many teach courses which are " :: . ~,- '::."'- :8:1sc'ipTiribs,. study of background (including HolocciilS~Airei~t~~; such I . : ' ~· - ~~' ~ - ·~ -, , ·the ·,;cul.tures--:0"(~ Ehe.:na§t ~untr4'~?, ,~,,;. as the' Tife --0£ the Jews-- • '\>. -,,- ~ " ';. -',: ' • problems of.,.. nO;le.r:p cW. £ure\ & technologyi' ~ "ill Eastetn"""Europe priqr'_ " human psych91ogy,,::. etc.) and of its ,,' , . ~ consequen~s '~::" ~ . , .: S?;' :-~ ~.~~~st ~.~ .: /~ ; " ~ ' ... ..;."""...... ~~ _ _~ ._ .•• , '" '.: ,.,..:.. • , .... "l .:;:: l ' • ,' . /'. <. "~.""" - -' ''''' :''' 1; r, '· ~... -, ..:. . _- ~ ·9 Proposals for Grants - ~ ~ :~-Spe'c~ al and_A~ds_: .- '..... ' j' :,"i; , .A , . • ( ~ 7:; , <', '1 Smdl l gr~1ts for media work for development ~ ', {' of proj ects ., :-" \ ).' , • '.: ~ , l.:, ,'_ Ma j or grants ·toward media projects .~> :1 ., .' . , Recrk in media ., Special recognition grant for outstanding accomplishment in education Summary of presentation by Professor John T. Pawlikowski at ICCJ Symposium ..

Catholic theological Ii terature in the post.-Auschwi tz era has. not yet taken the Holocaust with great seriousness. This is an unfortunate and ul timately indicting si tuation. With few exceptions Catholic theologians have done little or no wresting with the implications of Auschwitz for theorlogical construction within Catholicism. A few scholars such as Hans Kung have d.emostrated admirable sensi tivi ty to Ch.ristian-Jewish relations and to the Holocaust . But this sensi tivi ty has exercised virtually no impact on the main body of_their theology.

From the perspective of' this author the f'.ollowing issues emerge as a Catholic theologian confronts the Holocaust. The most fund.amental reality poses by a careful study of the Holocaust is how do we deal with the human community's new sense of freedom. The Nazis had cor rectly assessed mod.ern human experience in at least one r.espect. They rightly understood that profound changes v!ere taking place in human consciousness. Under the impact of the new science and technology, humankind was beginning to undergo a kind. of Pr ometheus Unbound ex perience on a mass scale. People now began to become aware of a d.eeper sense of dignity and autonomy. than most of Catholic theology had pre viously recognized. IDivine punishment, hell, the wrath of God, divine . providence--concepts such as these which had exercised. a profound hold on people since biblical times were waning in in:fluence. this fundamental perceptual change signals a new challenge to all theo logical interpretation, whether Catholic or Jews. The task for Catho lic ·theology will be to find a way to a:ffirm th·e new sense of human freed.om that is continuing to dawn while at the same time suggesting constructive outlets for its expression. It cannot simply d.eny the reali ty of this freedom, an approach ·-that still unfortunately domi nates sectors of Catholicism. A significant alteration in our under stand.ing o:f the God-human persol1 relationship is called for in light of A~schwitz. The post-Auschwitz God-human person relationship will have to be one in which there is a clear ·recognition of God's utter and inescapable dependence upon the human community in the process of salvation. The God whom we used to invole through our prayers to in tervene and correct the ills of the world died in the ashes of the Holocaust. Auschwitz has taught us th~t God will not, perhaps even cannot, effect the full redemption of that part of his being which he has generously shared with humankind unless people assume their ap pointed. role of co-creators ..- Yet pos.t-Auschwitz theology. ._ also needs to deal forthrightly with the destructive side of the new human freedoa which the Holocaust so tragically demostrated. The new sense of human liberation cannot be endorsed naively by contemporary Catholic theology this too is a lesson of' the Holoc?,ust. . Catholic theology will also have. to deal with the image of _the human person after Auschwitz. Is it still possibe, how is it possible to speak of the human person in positive terms. The Holocaust has shat tered much of the grandeur accord~d the human person by both liberal rational and Marxist humanism. One of the primary theological tasks r after Auschwitz will be the rebui;J..ding of a hopeful image of the human ·; person. Anc· The Holocaust will also force a reconsideration of ecclesiology and Christology. The Holocaust has terminally undercut any possibility :.., . ~ of' retaining an ecclesiology which ·portrays the ··church .as .a wholly· .- -~ ; ...: ~ comple,te and perfect institution existing essentially apart from the -'-".1 world.J' The Holocaust has likewise shat~ered many conventional Chris- . ~ tological claims. It has rendered. any .Christological approach that ~ rejects Jews and JUdaism as religiou.s relics a moral obscenity_

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