The anniversary of the massacre of some 300-odd Italian Jews and non-Jews in the Ardeatine Caves by the Nazis was observed here today at a memorial meeting. A Catholic clergyman and Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff recited prayers for the dead. The British and Soviet Ambassadors and the Israel Minister to Rome attended the meeting.
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