Bitburg controversy
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bitburg-controversy-188-18451158
title:
Bitburg controversy
text:
The Bitburg controversy concerned a ceremonial visit by Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President of the United States, to a German military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany in May 1985. The visit was intended to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe but aroused considerable criticism from Jewish communities within the United States and around the world when it became known that 49 of the 2,000 German soldiers buried at the site had been members of the Waffen-SS, th
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description:
1985 visit by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to a military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg_controversy
date created:
2015-05-26T15:10:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T05:49:28Z
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