A former official in the Carter administration was named to head the new Jewish museum in Berlin, which is expected to open by the year 2000. W. Michael Blumenthal, a German-born Jew, was U.S. treasury secretary from 1977 to 1979. The museum has been plagued by controversy between city officials and Berlin’s Jewish community.
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