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The plaque commemorates a resolution that an Aboriginal delegation attempted to present to the German consul general in Melbourne in 1938.
The December 1938 resolution was taken by the Australian Aborigines` League (AAL) to the doors of the German Consulate in Melbourne in the wake of Kristallnacht. The delegation, headed by William Cooper, brought with them a resolution condemning the persecution of both Jews and Christians in Nazi Germany, but the German consul, D.W. Drechsler, refused them access to the building.
Location
Address: | 13 - 15 Selwyn Street, Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick, 3185 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.8834 Long: 145.0013 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | Culture |
Sub-Theme: | Indigenous |
Approx. Event Start Date: | December-1938 |
Approx. Event End Date: | December-1938 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 15th December, 2002 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThe Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre honours the Aboriginal people for their actions protesting against the persecution of Jews by the Nazi Government of Germany in 1938
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