A group of German masons completed restoration work on 103 Jewish gravestones desecrated in Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery. The Berlin Jewish community said it would show its appreciation to the masons, who repaired the gravestones at no cost, by holding a dinner in their honor. The 103 graves at Berlin’s Weissensee Cemetery were overturned and smashed on Oct. 4.
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