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Restored Torah returned to synagogue (Germany)

A synagogue in the western German city of Cologne yesterday reclaimed a Torah roll damaged 69 years ago to the day during the Night of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht, pogrom against Jewish citizens and businesses.

The valuable Hebrew Bible Scripture arrived in Cologne after being restored in Jerusalem and was formally presented to the city's Jewish community during a memorial ceremony.

During the night of Nov. 9 to 10, 1938, a German Catholic priest, Gustav Meinertz, risked his life to rescue the heavily damaged Torah from the burning synagogue on Glockengasse street and hide it from the Nazis.
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