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Gallery Seeks WW II Era Artifacts for New Exhibit

Gallery Seeks WW II Era Artifacts for New Exhibit

A German officer’s ceremonial sword, passports of an Auschwitz survivor, a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and a rare Norden B-17 bombsight are the first four artifacts that have been donated to the Israel Arbeiter Gallery of Understanding at the Kahillah Schechter Academy in Norwood (Mass.).

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Preserving a symbol of evil

Preserving a symbol of evil

Local Holocaust survivors are heartened by an international effort to restore Auschwitz and maintain it for future generations

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Film and lecture to focus on Warsaw ghetto hero

Film and lecture to focus on Warsaw ghetto hero

Nearly 67 years ago, noted Polish pediatrician and author Janusz Korczak, refusing an offer to spare his own life, accompanied 195 children from his orphanage as they were all led to their death at the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.

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