| | Creator: | Plitt, Henry G. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Henry G. Plitt papers | | | | Dates: | 1945- 1989; Bulk Dates: 1989 | | | | Call No: | 2000.028 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains the papers of Henry G. Plitt, a Brigadier General in the United States Army during World War II and Chairman of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. The collection includes letters signed by Chaim Herzog, President of the State of Israel (April 18, 1989), and Yitzchak Rabin, then Minister of Defense (March 23, 1989), regarding Friends of the IDF. Also included are photocopies of articles from the New York Times regarding Plitt's capture of Nazi war criminal Julius Streicher (May 24, 1945). | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish soldiers -- United States | War criminals -- Germany | Zionists -- United States | |
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