The leader of the organization of Holocaust survivors praised the “nobility of spirit” of Pope John Paul 11 and the “sincerity and eloquence” articulated during his visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Solomon Zynstein, president of the American Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp Inmates and Nazi Victims, said that the Pope’s forthrightness was welcome and a good omen for the future.
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