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I Am a Holocaust Torah

Name: I Am a Holocaust Torah
Author: Alex J. Goldman
ISBN: 9789652292360

by Alex J. Goldman, Rabbi Alex Goldman

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Overview

The story of I am a Holocaust Torah begins in Czechoslovakia over 50 years ago. The Nazis storm through Moravia, Bohemia and Slovakia like a tornado, destroying synagogues and lives in their path. In the process, among the items they took are Torah scrolls and adornments such as mantles, crowns and breastplates. These are taken to Prague, the country’s capital.

By the end of the Second World War, 1,564 Czech Torahs had been stolen by the Nazis and lay forgotten in Prague. Twenty years later, the scrolls were negotiated with the Czech authorities and transferred to the Westminster Synagogue in London, where some of them re displayed to this day.

I am a Holocaust Torah is the historic and dramatic story of the 1,564 Torahs through the mind, heart and words of one of the Torahs itself.

Synopsis

When the Nazis stormed through Czechoslovakia destroying lives and synagogues, they looted Torah scrolls and Torah adornments. This is the historic and dramatic story of the rescue of 1,564 Torah scrolls after they had been forgotten in Prague for years.