Decision to remove a statue of Moses opposite the famous Altneu synagogue in Prague and a plan to melt it down for war purposes, is reported by Der Neue Tag, Nazi organ in the Bohemia-Moravia Protectorage. The monument at City Hall to Rabbi Judah ben Bezalel Loewe, famous 16th century chief rabbi of Prague, will also be razed, the paper states. According to Jewish legend, Rabbi Loewe was a miracle worker who created the “Golem,” out of clay, to save the Jews of Prague from being slaughtered in a pogrom.
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