Joachim Prinz: Biography, Facts and Career
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Joachim Prinz (May 10, 1902 – September 30, 1988) was a German-American rabbi and activist. Prinz was an outspoken Zionist, opposed Nazism in Germany in the 1930s, and was a leader in the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. As a young rabbi in Berlin, he urged Jews in Germany to leave the country amidst the rise of the Nazi Party. The Nazi government expelled Prinz in 1937, and he settled in the United States. In the United States, he was as a leader in the World Zionist Organization. He saw common cause between the fight against Nazism with the drive for civil rights in America. Prinz was one of the founding chairmen of the 1963 March on Washington and spoke at the demonstration itself.
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- Full name: Joachim Prinz
- Born: 1902-05-10
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q77828
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Joachim Prinz was born on 1902-05-10.
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