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Citizenship speech

Collection
Atlas Family Papers
Source
Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Family
The Atlas Family
Date
May 19, 1950

Upon becoming a U.S. citizen in 1950, Ralph Atlas said, “We are well aware of what the alternative might be. For us the memories of the recent holocaust are still too vivid.”

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