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“So we must speak, even as we fight and die. We must say that the fight against Hitlerism begins in Washington, D.C., the capital of our nation, where black Americans have a status only slightly above that of Jews of Berlin. [...] If the ghettos in Poland are evil, so are the ghettos in America.“
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Ramstein - Air Base Documentary & Exhibition CenterThe exhibition chronicles the little known history of the experience of African-American GIs in Germany and the significance of their deployment for the advancement of the civil rights movemnet in the U.S. It presents the first results of a joint research initiative of the German Historical Institute, Washington DC, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY), and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg in cooperation with the Docu Center Ramstein. Impressions from the Opening Ramstein, Germany, May 28, 2009 Press Anke Herbert: "Erstmals als Mensch behandelt worden" Anke Herbert: "Ramstein 2" im Bild
Opening Hours May 29 - July 19, 2009 |