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Czechoslovakian Chief Rabbi Dr. Izidor Katz, addressing annual communal meetings in Prague and Bratislava, reported the neglect of Jewish cemeteries throughout the country. “Almost nobody pays any attention to our graves,” he said. Katz asked the communities to take on active part in preserving the cemeteries, some of which are among Europe’s oldest.

June 13, 1977
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Czechoslovakian Chief Rabbi Dr. Izidor Katz, addressing annual communal meetings in Prague and Bratislava, reported the neglect of Jewish cemeteries throughout the country. “Almost nobody pays any attention to our graves,” he said. Katz asked the communities to take on active part in preserving the cemeteries, some of which are among Europe’s oldest.

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