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Milwaukee Municipality Refuses to Adopt Munich As ‘sister City’

March 30, 1965
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The Milwaukee municipality failed to approve a suggestion that this city adopt the West German city of Munich as a “sister city” after strong opposition to the move was voiced at a hearing here by Jewish communal leaders and other citizens.

Critics of the plan described Munich as “a place of infamy” and pointed out that it was the birthplace of the Nazi party and was near the site of the notorious Dachau concentration camp where thousands of Jews and Poles were put to death. Milwaukee has substantial Jewish and Polish populations.

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