Joachim Prinz
Joachim Prinz · Historical & Religious Figures
Rabbi and civil-rights leader who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington.
1902, Burkhardsdorf, Germany — 1988, Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Germany · United States
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Joachim Prinz was a German-American rabbi and civil-rights leader who, having fled Nazi Germany, drew on the lessons of the Holocaust to champion racial justice in the United States. As a prominent Reform rabbi and president of the American Jewish Congress, he spoke immediately before Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 March on Washington, warning that the most shameful problem is silence. His Jewish faith and experience of persecution grounded his lifelong activism against bigotry.
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Rabbi and civil-rights leader who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington.
Source: Wikipedia — Joachim Prinz
