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Macedonia inaugurates memorial centre for its Jews killed in Nazi death camps

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Macedonia has inaugurated a $23 million memorial centre for the country's Jews who were killed in Nazi death camps during World War II.

Thursday's ceremony in central Skopje was attended by the presidents of Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro, as well as Israel's Cabinet minister for strategic affairs, Moshe Yaalon....
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