Muslims’ WW2 help for Jews displayed at Cardiff synagogue

BBC:
An exhibition charting the role Muslims played in saving Jewish lives in the Holocaust goes on show in Cardiff on Sunday.
Stanley Soffa, chair of Jewish Representative Council for South Wales who has brought it to Wales said it was a “heroic story”.It is part of Open Doors 2014, the annual event offering free entry to many attractions throughout September.
The programme is marking 30 years of making heritage more accessible.

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The Righteous Muslim Exhibition documents the story of Bosnia Muslims who went to great lengths to preserve Jewish tradition during World War Two by safeguarding the Sarajevo Haggadah, a 600-year-old manuscript which narrates the Exodus from Egypt every Passover.
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