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Searching for the Bones of Jewish Martyrs in the Hungarian Danube

By Yisrael Rosen

A team of professional divers in Hungary in conjunction with Jewish organizations including Ichud Hatzalah have begun this past Tuesday on a search for bones of Jewish martyrs who died in Hungary during the course of the Holocaust when they were shot to death on the banks of the Danube River.

This search project follows in the wake of a meeting of Interior Minister Rabbi Arye Deri with his Hungarian counterpart, Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Shandor Pintor, who responded to Rabbi Deri's request and stated that he would immediately allocate a budget for experts and advanced technology to aid in this search.

Jewish organizations will cooperate with the local experts in order to bring to a Jewish burial the remains of thousands of Jews who were shot to death at the end of WWII, from Kislev 5705, by the Iron Cross movement in Hungary on the banks of the Danube, and their bodies' subsequent fell into the river.

The famous monument of shoes was erected on the banks of the Danube on the very site of the murderous tragedy. This will be the first time that such a project of dredging up Jewish remains from the water and bring them to a proper Jewish burial is being undertaken.

Israeli experts believe that even after more than 70 years it may be possible to locate human remains in the river.

 

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