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January 11, 2023

A Treasure Trove of Judaica, Buried under a Polish City

Including a menorah that was lit again last month.

During World War II, many Jews, knowing they would likely be deported from their homes, or from the ghettos to which they had been confined, hid their belongings underground or gave them to neighbors for safekeeping—hoping to reclaim them upon their return, and often not realizing how unlikely that return would be. Such was likely the story behind a recent discovery in the Polish city of Lodz, which was the location of one of the Nazis’ largest and longest-standing ghettos. The Times of Israel reports:

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