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Article: American Jews bring Torah to renovated synagogue near former Auschwitz death camp in Poland
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- October 17, 2002
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Dateline: OSWIECIM, Poland
It was the first time Avi Goldman, a son of Holocaust survivors, had
visited Auschwitz. But he was here not just to grieve, but also to
celebrate.
Goldman joined a group of American Jews who presented a Torah scroll
Thursday to a century-old synagogue that was reopened two years ago
near the site of the Nazi death camp.
"It's a historic event," said Goldman, 55, from Cleveland, Ohio. "
My father never wanted to come here because of what happened to him,
but I have made a commitment to revival of Jewish life here."
Sitting on a knoll in Oswiecim _ called Auschwitz in German _ about
3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the camp ...