B’nai B’rith said one of its lodges acted “appropriately” in making a controversial award to an African American soldier for his wartime service. The group’s Berlin lodge gave Paul Parks an award in 2000 for “distinguished achievement and humanitarian spirit,” and did not mention his claims that he helped liberate Dachau.
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