Title: Bitburg in moral and political perspective /
Authors: Hartman, Geoffrey H.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Reagan, Ronald Journeys Germany.; Reagan, Ronald Travel Germany (West); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Anniversaries, etc.; Visits of state Germany (West); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Public opinion; Bitburg (Germany)
Abstract: Examines the moral and political controversy surrounding President Reagan's intention to visit a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, in 1985 during a visit commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the end of World War II and the opening of the concentration camps. The discovery that the cemetery also contained a small group of graves of SS officers prompted protests by Jews and American veterans.