From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Jewish tombstone pieces pulled from Polish river
Fragments of about 100 tombstones from a Jewish cemetery destroyed by the Nazis are removed from a riverbed in Poland.
Archaeologists remove the tombstone fragments from the Warta River, located in Mstow, Silesia, on the border with the Czech Republic, Radio Poland reports Tuesday.
The discovery of the fragments, identified by Hebrew-language inscriptions and Jewish symbols, was made by a team of archaeologists from the University of Lodz.
Some of the tombstones were used as paving stones, archaeologist Olgierd Lawrynowicz tells Radio Poland. He says the discovery of the fragments is a valuable source of information regarding the life of the Jewish community in Mstow prior to World War II.
Archaeologists will clean and catalog the fragments.
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.