39 rue Boulard 75014 Paris. Your Honor, Paris

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CLAUDE

LANZMANN

39 rue Boulard Paris,

75014 Paris.

November

12th 1987.

The Honorable Morris LASKER Federal District Court, Southern District, New York.

Your Honor, I ten c e

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me,

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raise

screening time and

of

energy

CLAUDE

to

LANZMANN

this

without his

cause, a

gathering

thought

efforts

and

for made

people,

personal a

convincing

gain.

He

them

was

help,

relentless

in

donation

to

financial

substantial

to

PBS himself. You broadcasting

are

of

certainly

"Shoah"

on

aware,

PBS

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your

an

Honor,

that

extraordinary

th e

success.

More than six million American citizens watched the programme. All I to

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acts

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state

which what

he

is

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to

be

about

brought

this

side

of his personality because it is the truth. I

hope,

your

Honor,

that

you

will

make

for my poor English.

With my deepest respect,

Claude LANZMANN.

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