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09-July-2017
Photographs supplied by Nigel Holmes
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.
Reconciliation CrossLocation
| 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
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
