AJC CEO David Harris issued the following statement, after Russian officials just claimed that the wartime rescue of nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews was the result of Soviet, not Bulgarian, efforts.
Over the past two weeks, the memory of Anne Frank, a global symbol of Jewish perseverance in the face of hate, was twice evoked in an unsettling fashion—first in Rome, then in Berlin.
Thank you for inviting me to join in this centenary celebration of the Balfour Declaration – a celebration of the practical wisdom of a war-time British Government, of the triumph of historical obligation over colonial expediency, of the long-delayed recognition of a people’s rightful inheritance.