(JTA) — Russia’s main Jewish group is sending its largest delegation ever to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland, where participants will hear about Polish bravery but also complicity in the Holocaust, a top rabbi from Moscow said.
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia will send 1,100 teenagers and young adults to Auschwitz on April 30 as part of its annual Eurostars weeklong trip, which brings Russian Jews to Western Europe, Federation President Alexander Boroda told JTA Wednesday. “It’s our largest delegation so far,” he also said.
At the state-run museum, the participants of the program, which began …read more
Source: JTA
