Guido Goldman, who forged closer ties between Germany and U.S., dies at 83
Harrison Smith, The Washington Post
Dec. 10, 2020
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The cause was prostate cancer, said his friend Karl Kaiser, a longtime colleague at Harvard University.
Modest and convivial, with a self-deprecating wit, Goldman was a behind-the-scenes force in European-American relations for more than five decades, with a special focus on fostering connections between Germany and the United States after World War II. He helped build Harvard s Center for European Studies, founded the German Marshall Fund of the United States and became known as America s Mr. Germany while meeting with German chancellors from Willy Brandt to Angela Merkel.
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