What the records say
- When
- 5 May 1985
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 49.96° N, 6.51° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Bitburg controversy.
Summary
U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II.
Bitburg controversy
1985 US presidential visit to West Germany
The Bitburg controversy concerned a ceremonial visit by Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President of the United States, to a German military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany in May 1985. The visit was intended to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, but aroused considerable criticism from Jewish communities within the United States and around the world when it became known that 49 of t…
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