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Bayer, Freedom Fighter, Dies

18 Nov 1994 12:00 pm

NEW YORK -- Abraham Bayer, a tenacious fighter for Jewish freedom, died last week at the age of 62 after a long battle with cancer.

Bayer figured prominently in all the great struggles of post-Holocaust world Jewry -- he was a pioneer in the movements to free the Jews of the Soviet Union and Ethiopia and made numerous clandestine trips to both countries. He was among the first to push the American Jewish community to embrace the survivors of the Holocaust, and his advocacy led to the building of the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
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