RABBI HIER
The minutes of the Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust from 1977 do not reveal that there was a disagreement with the Wiesenthal Center over Simon Wiesenthal’s promise to lend his name to one or the other institution. There was a controversy over the manner and the reasons that Mr. Wiesenthal suddenly withdrew his acceptance to appear at a Martyrs Memorial benefit.
But that is history. The Martyrs Memorial opened in 1978 and has become a busy and successful teaching museum with a dignified memorial that is respected by colleagues in the field of Holocaust education, museum professionals and the academic community.
MICHAEL NUTKIEWICZ
DIRECTOR, MARTYRS MEMORIAL AND
MUSEUM OF THE HOLOCAUST
Los Angeles
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