Non-Jewish Germans preserve memories by saving cemeteries
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| Toby Axelrod |
| Nirit Ben-Joseph, an Israeli, and Eckehart Ruthenberg, a German non-Jew, inspect an abandoned Jewish tombstone in a Polish cemetery. |
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By Toby Axelrod
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Published: 05/05/2008
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Eckehart Ruthenberg, a non-German Jew, for two decades has been "adopting" forgotten cemeteries to preserve the names of Jewish families. And he's not alone in the effort.
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