The local authorities in the town of Nowy Sajez, in the Cracow district, have ordered the removal of tombstones stolen by Nazis from a Jewish cemetery in the town and used to pave streets, it was learned here.
The labor will be supplied by Volksdeutsche who are interned in a nearby person camp. The monuments will be returned to the cemetery, which is one of the ##st in the Cracow district. The move was ordered after an appeal by the local Jewish committee.
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