Some 50,000 Marks ($17,000) will be made available next year to mark various former Jewish cultural sites in the Lower Francony District in the federal state of Bavaria. A decision to that effect has been taken by the cultural committee of the district government. Most of the work will involve putting commemoration markets on buildings of former synagogues which had either been destroyed or are being used for non-religious purposes. The project, which will be carried out in cooperation with the district’s Jewsih community, was approved by 130 small towns and villages in the district.
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