A Roman Catholic cardinal joined Milan Chief Rabbi Giuseppe Laras in a ceremony unveiling the first public monument to the more than 1,500 Jews and anti- fascists deported from Milan to Nazi death camps. The memorial plaque, located at the Italian city’s central train station, commemorates 1,237 Jews and 343 other people who were deported for political reasons. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said, “I want everyone who passes in from of this plaque to feel a part of what happened and what could happen again.”
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