Warren L. Miller

Who is Warren L. Miller?

Warren L. Miller is a Member and former Chairman of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, the agency of the U.S. Government charged with helping to protect and preserve memorials, historic sites, buildings, cemeteries, and other property in Central and Eastern Europe, including parts of the former Soviet Union, important to the foreign heritage of Americans. While Chairman, he negotiated on behalf of the United States 19 bilateral agreements concluded with governments of the region. These agreements provide for cooperation in preserving sites and commit governments to prevent discrimination against minority groups.

Mr. Miller was appointed to the Commission in 1992 by President George Bush. He was reappointed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton and was appointed Chairman by President George W. Bush in June 2001. As a Commission Member, Mr. Miller initiated and completed several important Holocaust projects, including funding the translation from Polish into English of Auschwitz 1940-1945, a highly acclaimed five-volume, 1799-page history of the concentration camp published by the State Museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Museum dedicated the books in his honor. Mr. Miller has played a major role in the creation of numerous Holocaust memorials and related projects throughout Europe. Prominent examples include the “Little Camp” memorial at Buchenwald, Germany; the Rumbula memorial outside Riga, Latvia; the Kielce pogrom memorial, Poland; national Holocaust memorials in Bucharest, Romania, and Tirana, Albania; and the “Hidden Synagogue” restoration at Terezin, Czech Republic. In 1994, he was appointed as the only foreign national to serve on the Board of the German government entity in charge of the memorial sites at Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora.