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A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Foundation auctioned less than 10% of its Lincoln collection to repay a longstanding $8 million loan.
The new excavations come less than six months after unsuccessful searches to find traces of possible new victims of Louis and are expected to last several weeks.
It predates the star map created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus by more than 200 years.
Wuxing Ling consists of lunar month illustrations paired with explanatory texts, recording seasonal taboos and auspicious practices throughout the year.
After a five-year investigation, authorities determined that Gassner was buried in a mass grave in Rehovot alongside two fellow soldiers.
Cultural State Minister Wolfram Weimer announced in Berlin that the more than ten-year asset dispute has been resolved, bringing nearly 100 years of uncertainty to an end.
The boxes are believed to have arrived in Argentina on June 20, 1941, sent by the German embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru.
Fellow survivor Zerbino said, 'In the mountains, he was a bulwark. A great friend, always positive.'
Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.
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