51. After the speeches, kaddish -- the Jewish prayer for the dead -- was spoken over the common grave where the victims of the pogrom lay buried. 52. An honor guard stood by while a Jewish prayer was recited. 53. There they heard the kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead sung by a former Auschwitz inmate whose haunting voice spread across the entire camp. 54. On Sunday afternoon, several hundred people celebrated the kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, by the desecrated tombs. 55. Six army generals lifted the coffin onto the walkway on a black carpet in front of the Knesset and a rabbi said the Jewish prayer for the dead. |
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