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Talking Points at the Dedication of Raoul Wallenberg Place

 
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f THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON, D.C . 20004 MARION BARRY. JR. «AVOR TALKING POINTS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR, AT THE DEDICATION OF RAOUL WALLENBERG PLACE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986 9-'3& ^ • WALLENBERG HIMSELF: I, HE WAS ONE OF OUR CENTURY'S TRUE HEROS. II, WHILE MUCH OF THE WESTERN WORLD REFUSED TO SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FATE OF EUROPE'S JEWS OR, SEEING, REFUSED TO ACT, RAOUL WALLENBERG SAW THE HORRIBLE TRUTH WITH GREAT CLARITY, AND HE ACTED WITH TOTAL COMMITMENT AND GREAT PERSONAL COURAGE, III, HE SAVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES WITH FEW WEAPONS BEYOND THREATS AND BLUFFERY. IV, HE- SAVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES AT GREAT RISK TO HIS OWN LIFE, V, HE FULFILLED THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WHICH BINDS EACH OF US TO HIS HUMANITY, FOR, AS THE TALMUD SAYS, "WHOEVER SAVES A SINGLE SOUL, IT IS AS IF HE SAVED THE WHOLE WORLD," THE MUSEUM: I, THIS NATIONAL MUSEUM WILL MARK BOTH DARKNESS AND LIGHT,
Title
Talking Points at the Dedication of Raoul Wallenberg Place
Date
August 10 1986
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