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...post-war European recovery at Harvard's 1947 commencement, he was taking a risk. He gambled that his appeal to America's enlightened self-interest would overcome the reluctance of a public whose sentiments were increasingly averse to economic commitments abroad. Today, 40 years later, West German President Richard von Weizsacker will take his place on the steps of Memorial Church to address the Class of 1987. His presence reflects the enduring success of Marshall's plan...
...uncommon for West German president Richard von Weizsacker to be the center of controversy...
...noted civil rights lawyer said he had"received dozens of phone calls" from alumni who,in light of the Globe piece, were disturbed byHarvard's decision to name von Weizsacker as theCommencement speaker...
Loewenheim and other critics say that theproblem with choosing von Weizsacker is not hisown service in the German army during World WarII, where he rose to the rank of captain, but hisdefense of his father's actions as Germany's topprofessional diplomat...
Prosecutor for the allies during the Nurembergtrials charged the elder von Weizsacker withassisting in the deportation of 6000 French Jewsto the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. Loewenheim alsoclaims that the elder von Weizsacker's own filesshow that the foreign minister assisted in sendingPolish priests to Nazi concentration camps...