Nobel Peace Prize winner Rene Cassin stands at a podium at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City at a luncheon hosted by Bnai Brith honoring him.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 63085

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Caption: Nobel Peace Prize winner Rene Cassin stands at a podium at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City at a luncheon hosted by Bnai Brith honoring him.

This print, inscribed by Cassin to Benjamin Ferencz the donor, reads, 'Rene Cassin à son ami M. Ferencz' [Rene Cassin to my friend Mr. Ferencz].

Cassin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 for writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations.
Photographer: Whitestone Photo
Date: 1970 March 05
Locale: New York City, NY United States
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin Ferencz

Source Record ID: Collections: 1994.A.037