Episode 182 A Future President and a Future Senator Witness Evil
Prominent American leaders visit the concentration camps, influencing their future views of the Jewish state.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read Rabbi Soloveichik’s essay about the concentration camp visit by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley.
- Click here to see and read General Eisenhower’s letter to General George Marshall in which he first mentions visiting a concentration camp.
- Click here to see and read General Eisenhower’s cable to General Marshall about bringing political leaders to the concentration camps.
- Click here to read President Reagan’s speech about Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson.
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