A monument to the memory of the 42 Jews who were (##)led in the Kielce pogrom in July, 1946, was dedicated at the cemetery where the (##) time were buried. Mayor Wislic of Kielce, a handful of Jews who still reside in (##) town, as well as local government officials and Jewish delegations from Radom, (##)enstochow and Pinchev, attended.
After the recitation of the traditional prayer for the dead, wreaths sent by (##)e Jewish Central Committee, the Joint Distribution Committee and other groups (##)re placed on the monument. The inscription on the memorial, which is flanked by (##)o Menorahs, reads: “Here lie 42 victims of events which occurred in Kielce on July 4, 1946. Honor their memory.”
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