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State Archives of Florida, Series S639

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Letter to Governor Bob Graham from Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of Night, a book describing his experiences along with his father in the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Auschwitz. Wiesel thanks Governor Graham for observing the Days of Remembrance in 1985, and asks him to appoint a liaison for planning similar memorial events in 1986. A form collecting information about plans for the 1986 Days of Remembrance is attached.

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1985-11-15

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016

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Letter from Elie Wiesel to Governor Bob Graham Regarding Holocaust Days of Remembrance, November 15, 1986

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Holocaust survivors

Holocaust Remembrance Day--Anniversaries, etc.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Holocaust memorials

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016

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State Archives of Florida, Series S639

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1985-11-15

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s639_b022_f08_01

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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Education And Libraries

Subject - Corporate

United States Holocaust Memorial Council (Washington, D.C.)

Florida. Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)

Subject - Person

Graham, Bob (Daniel Robert), 1936-2024

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016. Letter from Elie Wiesel to Governor Bob Graham Regarding Holocaust Days of Remembrance, November 15, 1986. 1985-11-15. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345395>, accessed 15 November 2024.

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016. Letter from Elie Wiesel to Governor Bob Graham Regarding Holocaust Days of Remembrance, November 15, 1986. 1985-11-15. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345395>

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