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German Boy Scouts Renovate Old Jewish Cemeteries

May 1, 1959
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German Boy Scouts are cleaning up and repairing old, unused Jewish cemeteries in a number of localities, as adult Boy Scout leaders pursue their efforts to re-educate German youth along lines of inter-faith understanding.

Reports were received here today that Jewish cemeteries have been cleaned up, and overturned tombstones renovated, in Jewish cemeteries at Nuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia; Helmershausen, in Hesse; and Buehl, in Baden-Wurttemberg. In some cases, German schoolchildren who are not members of the Boy Scouts joined in these activities.

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