Ambassador Stanislav Suja of Czechoslovakia has been asked to intervene with Czech officials to assure the preservation of Jewish cemeteries in Czechoslovakia, according to Rabbi Moshe Sherer, president of Agudath Israel of America.
The appeal was made to Suja by a Jewish delegation which met with the envoy in the Czech Embassy. Sherer headed the delegation which included representatives of the Committee to Preserve the Jewish Cemeteries of Slovakia. The delegation was accompanied by Rep. Stephen Solarz (D. N.Y).
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