On the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary today of the birth of Moses Mendelssohn, German Jewish philosopher, a wreath was laid on his grave in the name of the city of Berlin by Councillor Treitel.
The wreath was inscribed with the following words: “In honor of our great citizen, Moses Mendelssohn.”
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