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Article: Young Germans try to heal wounds of past Volunteers reach out to Jewish community to atone for elders' sins
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 10, 1996
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Growing up in a small university city in southwestern Germany,
Tilman Ganzhorn never met a Jew.
But during the past few months, circumstances have changed
dramatically for the 20-year-old son of a Protestant minister.
One recent morning, Ganzhorn stood in the cafeteria of a large Jewish
nursing home, gently pinning lacy head coverings onto older women as
they prepared for Torah study. He then donned a yarmulke, the
skullcap worn by men during Jewish worship.
"You don't have a chance in Germany to interact with Jewish
people," he said. "They're just not there, or you have to look very
carefully to find someone."
Ganzhorn is among a small corps of young German volunteers working
with ...