Once buried by Nazis, sacred parchment given to Manchester school
A sacred Jewish scroll buried by the Nazis during World War II has been put on display at a school in Manchester.
It was taken to King David's School in Crumpsall after a governor became one of hundreds of people to make a request to the Chief Rabbinate in Israel.
The 120-year-old parchment tells the story of the Old Testament in Hebrew.
The scroll was one of 48 scrolls confiscated from the large Jewish community living in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.
After its capture, the parchment was thrown into a pit by German troops as an act of desecration.
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It was taken to King David's School in Crumpsall after a governor became one of hundreds of people to make a request to the Chief Rabbinate in Israel.
The 120-year-old parchment tells the story of the Old Testament in Hebrew.
The scroll was one of 48 scrolls confiscated from the large Jewish community living in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.
After its capture, the parchment was thrown into a pit by German troops as an act of desecration.