Henry G. Plitt

[1] He later returned to Europe as a major where he participated in the liberation of Dachau and the capture of Nazi war criminals including Julius Streicher in Waidring, Tirol on May 24, 1945.[1][3] After the war in 1949, he served as a district manager in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky and an executive at Paramount Theatres[2] under Leonard Goldenson (who had headed the theater chain since 1938).[2] In 1953, UPT merged with the American Broadcasting Company, providing ABC's television network a stable source of cash flow which enabled it to survive and eventually become competitive.[2][1] In 1985, he sold the chain to Cineplex Odeon (founded by Canadians Garth Drabinsky and Nat Taylor in 1979) for $130 million.[1] Plitt was a major benefactor of Jewish organizations including the Beverly Hills Maple Center.
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