Aboriginal Protest Against Jewish PersecutionPrint Page

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The plaque commemorates a resolution that an Aboriginal delegation attempted to present to the German consul general in Melbourne in 1938.

The December 1938 resolution was taken by the Australian Aborigines` League (AAL) to the doors of the German Consulate in Melbourne in the wake of Kristallnacht. The delegation, headed by William Cooper, brought with them a resolution condemning the persecution of both Jews and Christians in Nazi Germany, but the German consul, D.W. Drechsler, refused them access to the building.

Reconciliation Cross

Location

Address:	13 - 15 Selwyn Street, Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick, 3185
State:	VIC
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -37.8834 Long: 145.0013 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Plaque
Monument Theme:	Culture
Sub-Theme:	Indigenous
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Approx. Event Start Date:	December-1938
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Approx. Event End Date:	December-1938
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:	Sunday 15th December, 2002
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Front Inscription

The Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre honours the Aboriginal people for their actions protesting against the persecution of Jews by the Nazi Government of Germany in 1938

Left Side Inscription

Back Inscription

Right Side Inscription

Inscription in Proximity

Source: MA

Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au