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6 Germans awarded for preserving Jewish history

A German couple who started a charity to reconnect their town with Jewish families who fled during the Holocaust is among five recipients of an annual Jewish history award.

The Obermayer German Jewish History Awards recognize non-Jewish Germans' efforts to keep alive their nation's Jewish cultural past.

Jews outside of Germany nominate the recipients each year. Others to receive awards Tuesday include a man who created a museum of Jewish history in a site formerly occupied by a synagogue and another who researched and documented dozens of Jewish cemeteries.
Read entire article at AP