The Jewish National Fund Wednesday dedicated a memorial for Holocaust survivors killed in Israel’s War of Independence near the battle site where many of them died. The memorial near Latrun listed the names of 466 individuals identified from the estimated 700 casualties who were believed to be killed after being sent into battle in 1948 soon after disembarking from boats from Europe.
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