On the recordApril 22, 2009
It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil in history began in one of the most modernized societies of its time.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil in history began in one of the most modernized societies of its time.”
Remarks at the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony
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