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In announcing this event, the Museum of Jewish Heritage describes it thus: "To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will engage in conversation with Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose, CBS News This Morning, and Peabody and Emmy Recipient for 2014) to offer a rich and personal perspective of his own experience in WWII as a refugee from Nazi Germany and a veteran of the US Army during the war.  Dr. Kissinger, a historian and statesman, will also reflect on the impact of that greatest of conflicts on the seven decades that have passed since it ended."

We will meet outside the Museum at 5:45 pm.  The sold-out event starts at 7:00.  The protest is sponsored by War Criminals Watch/World Can't Wait, NYC War Resisters League, Veterans For Peace NYC Chapter 34 and East Timor Action Network.

Kissinger developed the plans for millions of war deaths, millions of refugees, millions maimed. He was responsible for the crimes against humanity in VietNam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Chile and many other countries, including Iraq.

For a good sense of Kissinger, read his conversation with Richard Nixon on April 25th 1972, as quoted on Jane Fonda's blog:

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For further information, click here to read about Kissinger's history.

Nixon: “We’ve got to be thinking in terms of an all-out bombing attack [of North Vietnam}…Now, by all-out bombing attack, I am thinking about things that go far beyond…I'm thinking of the dikes, I'm thinking of the railroad, I'm thinking, of course, of the docks."

Kissinger: "I agree with you."

President Nixon: "And I still think we ought to take the dikes out now. Will that drown people?"

Kissinger: "About two hundred thousand people."

President Nixon: "No, no, no…I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. Have you got that, Henry?

Kissinger: "That, I think, would just be too much."

President Nixon: "The nuclear bomb, does that bother you?…I just want to think big, Henry, for Christsakes."