Speech Decrying Reparations Negotiations
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- Title:
- Speech Decrying Reparations Negotiations
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Cold War
- Creator:
- Zaltsman, R. (Reʾuven) (Rubin Saltzman, Reuben Zaltzman)
- Creator (Yiddish):
- זאלצמאן, ר
- Date:
- 1952
- Site:
- New York, New York, United States
- Address (Creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Identifier:
- 5276b53f19_05
- Organization:
- Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (document genre)
speeches
political campaigns
historical figures
political ideologies and attitudes
communism
antisemitism
organization files
international organizations
political ideologies and attitudes - Subject:
- Reparations
Cold War- Red Scare, Jewish Community
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Abroad
Jewish Lodges
Americanization
Membership- Political Issues
Communism
Antisemitism
Jewish Unity- Wartime and Postwar
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Soviet Union
Germany
Nazism and Fascism
World War II Holocaust
World Jewish Congress
Israel - Description:
- In Yiddish. Authorship inferred by the speaker's opening description of his trip to Europe in 1946. Translated Summary: A 9-page speech possibly for delivery to the American Jewish Congress beginning, "Honored directors and dear delegates..." decrying [1951-1952] negotiations conducted by Germany with Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and with [Nahum] Goldmann of the World Jewish Congress regarding reparations for German war crimes. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is described as "the leader of the Neo-Nazi government of West Germany," and the reparations agreement as treason against the Jewish people, the memory of the victims and the "unwritten Last Will and Testament of the six million martyrs." Argues that, in context of the Cold War, reparations also serve Eisenhower's aims of whitewashing West Germany's reputation.
- Note:
- The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
- Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 19
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu