AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Torah scroll that disappeared from a Dutch synagogue following the Nazi invasion into the Netherlands has been rediscovered 80 years later and returned to the Jewish community.
The scroll, which appears to be intact and has been kept in excellent condition since World War II, belonged to a synagogue in the southern city of Dordrecht, according to Chris den Hoedt, chairman of the Jewish Community of Rotterdam, or NIG.https://www.jta.org/2021/02/19/global/in-holland-a-torah-scroll-returns-to-jewish-hands-80-years-after-it-was-hidden-from-the-nazis
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