The son of a Holocaust survivor recovered a cache of gold coins his family had buried in Poland during the Holocaust. Working with a Polish investigator, Mark Biederman, 43, helped recover the cache of 63 old gold coins that the family had buried in a ceramic pot beside the family home in Lodz. Biederman, from southern Ontario, was planning to fly to Poland this week to take possession of the coins, which are said to be worth a fortune.
Reporting the stories that define our era. When history unfolds in real-time, the Jewish world turns to JTA. Your support ensures we can document the complexities of war and the resilience of Jewish communities with integrity.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
