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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “What is true of this city is true of Germany-real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured as long as one German…”

On the recordJune 25, 1963
What is true of this city is true of Germany-real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured as long as one German out of four is denied the elementary right of free men, and that is to make a free choice.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin

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