Chief Rabbi M. Eckstein, of Sered, Slovakia, has died on his way to a Polish concentration camp, according to a report received by the Agudath Israel Organization here from Slovakia via Switzerland. Rabbi Eckstein was a member of the Central Council of the Agudath Israel World Organization and vice-president of its Czechoslovak branch.
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