Allison Krause

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Allison Beth Krause (pronounced kraʊs ; Hebrew : ברכה); (Born April 23, 1951 in Cleveland ( Ohio ); † May 4, 1970 in Kent , Ohio) was an American honor student (English: honor student ) at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio when she was by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard was killed while protesting the invasion of Cambodia and the National Guard presence on Kent State University campus.

Circumstances of death

Kent State Massacre Site Map (1970)

In the Kent State Massacre , National Guards opened fire on a group of unarmed students, killing four of them at an average distance of 106 m. Krause was shot in the left side of her chest in the Prentice Hall parking lot about 100 feet away, resulting in a fatal injury. A subsequent autopsy found that a single rifle bullet entered and exited her left upper arm, then entered the left side of her chest, splintering on impact, causing massive internal trauma. She died of her injuries that same day.

background

Krause was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Doris Lillian Levine (1925–2016) and Arthur Selwyn Krause (1924–1988). She had a younger sister, Laurel. Krause's family was Jewish. She was a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring , Montgomery County , Maryland . Her parents moved to Churchill in Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , that summer before attending Kent State University.

The guardsmen fired a total of 67 shots in 13 seconds. The other students killed in the shootings were Jeffrey Glenn Miller , Sandra Lee Scheuer, and William Knox Schroeder . In addition, nine other students were wounded in the shooting.

The shootings sparked protests and a nationwide student strike , which resulted in the closure of hundreds of campuses for violent and non-violent demonstrations. The Kent State University campus was closed for six weeks. Five days after the shootings, 100,000 people demonstrated in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War . Krause's father became an outspoken press advocate for truth and justice about what happened that day and fought in court for almost 10 years after his daughter's death. In the end, the family received by Allison Krause, a Statement of Regret (German: statement of regret ) and 15,000 US dollars from the State of Ohio for the loss of Allison.

In 2010 founded Krause's sister Laurel, along with the New Yorker Emily Kunstler the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) (German: Kent State Truth court ). The tribunal was organized to uncover, record and preserve the testimony of witnesses, attendees and individuals who were reasonably involved in the 1970 shootings in Kent.

To show its support, has Michael Moore each KSTT certificate on its website live bear . A total of three tribunals were held in 2010 : May 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Kent, Ohio, to mark the 40th anniversary of the shootings; with a West Coast Tribunal in San Francisco in August and an East Coast Tribunal in New York City in October 2010.

Moore made the following comment on this:

“Fifty years after the Kent State [University] murders, justice has still not been served. The Kent State Truth Tribunal is bringing us closer to this goal by sharing first-hand reports with the public. I am grateful for your efforts and hope that one day the truth will come out. "

- Michael Moore :

Movie

  • Allison , short film by Richard Myers (1971)

literature

  • Krause, Arthur S. (1972). May 4, 1972 . The New York Times , May 4, 1972.
  • Krause, Arthur S. (1978). A memo to Mr. Nixon . The New York Times , May 7, 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Prentice Parking Lot Controversy, In: may41970.com (English)
  2. ↑ Jerry M. Lewis and Thomas R. Hensley: The May 4 Shootings at Kent University: The Search for Historical Accuracy. Kent State University Department of Sociology, May 14, 2008, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Remembering Kent State as an American Tragedy With a Jewish Face, In: forward.com (English)
  4. ↑ Father Of Coed Ex-B'ville Man, The Evening Standard, Uniontown Pennsylvania, May 5, 1970, In: newspapers.com (English)
  5. ↑ Eszterhas, Joe: Thirteen seconds. Dodd, Mead, 1970, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ohio Approves $ 675,000 to Settle Suits in 1970 Kent State shootings. In: Special To the New York Times. NYTimes.com, January 5, 1979, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Kent State Truth Tribunal, Facing the Kent State Massacre 50th, In: truthtribunal.org (English)
  8. ↑ The Films of Richard Myers , In: richardmyersfilms.com (English) The film is a portrait of Allison Krause, one of the students murdered at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 by the Ohio National Guard.
  9. ↑ Allsion , Richard Myers, 1971, In: canyoncinema.com (English) The soundtrack is Allison's father ... Arthur Krause ... reading a poem about Allison written by Peter Davies ... and reading a letter he wrote to Nixon. .. and one that was never answered ....
  10. ↑ May 4, 19702, by Arthur S. Krause, May 4, 1972, In: nytimes.com (English)
  11. ↑ May 7, 1978, by Arthur S. Krause, May 4, 1972, In: nytimes.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Krause, Allison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krause, Allison Beth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American student, victim of the Kent State massacre
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 4th 1970
Place of death Kent , Ohio , USA