Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Stolen synagogue textile returns to Prague from US

Visual arts curator of Jewish Museum in Prague Michaela Sidenberg points to details on a synagogue textile in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. This textile stolen by the Nazis during the World War II has returned to the Czech Republic after it has been found in the United States. It is for the first time that a ritual Jewish property that was stolen during the Holocaust has been traced abroad and returned home. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) PRAGUE (AP) — A 19th-century synagogue textile stolen by the Nazis has returned to the Czech Republic after being discovered in the United States last year, officials said Wednesday.



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