Monument to Jewish Dead Dedicated at Buchenwald
<i> Associated Press</i>
BUCHENWALD, Germany —
A monument to the Jews who died in the Buchenwald concentration camp was dedicated Wednesday, filling a gap in recognition at a memorial that the former East Germany ran as a shrine to Communist martyrs.
In a speech at the memorial 125 miles southwest of Berlin, German Jewish leader Ignatz Bubis warned of history repeating itself, pointing to a rise in neo-Nazi attacks since German reunification three years ago.
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