Thirty-five cases containing many gold and silver ornaments and art objects stolen by the Nazis from the synagogue of Florence were today returned to the congregation. The cases were guarded by an armed escort of 100 men.
The ornaments, whose estimated value runs into millions of dollars, were discovered by Italian partisan forces near the Brenner Pass on the Austrian border. They were brought to Italy many centuries ago by Jews fleeing Spain.
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