The American Jewish Committee called on Germany to go ahead with long-delayed plans to construct a national Holocaust memorial in Berlin. A decision on the controversial project has been postponed until after the Sept. 27 national elections. Current Chancellor Helmut Kohl supports the project; opposition candidate Gerhard Schroeder questions it.
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