(JTA) — Thieves made off with a Kristallnacht monument weighing nearly a ton from the Jewish cemetery in Cologne.
The theft occurred on Nov. 14, Ha’aretz reported last Friday. The local Jewish community is offering a reward of 4,000 Euro (about $5,500) for information leading to its retrieval.
The monument, representing religious objects rescued during the night of Nazi-spurred violence and looting in 1938, stood about 9 feet high.
The theft took place days after commemorations of Kristallnacht, or "the Night of Broken Glass" — named for the Jewish shops that were destroyed during the attacks.
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