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Papi Cannon and the Holocaust Survivor
At Buchanan's behest, Reagan memorialized the Waffen SS along with ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers. He was soon publicly and widely accused of giving aid and comfort to those like the Institute for Historical Review that maintained the Holocaust didn't happen. Ili Wiesel thought that it was a bad idea for the president to lay wreaths on the graves of war criminals. Other White House staffers report that he kept writing the phrase succumbing to the pressure of the Jews during his meeting with Wiesel.