Bitburg controversy

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause Visit of Ronald Reagan and Helmut Kohl to Bitburg cemetery
gptkbp:commemorates 40th anniversary of the end of World War II
gptkbp:controversy Presence of Waffen-SS graves at Bitburg cemetery
gptkbp:date 1985
gptkbp:defendedIn gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Helmut_Kohl
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bitburg controversy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bitburg,_Germany
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive international media attention
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Helmut_Kohl
U.S. officials
German officials
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Holocaust_survivors
Jewish organizations
U.S. politicians
gptkbp:publicReaction Widespread criticism in the United States and internationally
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Helmut_Kohl
Bitburg Military Cemetery
gptkbp:resultedIn Reagan also visited Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bonzo_Goes_to_Bitburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7