The United States will return to Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia funeral scrolls and manuscripts stolen by the Nazis from Jewish synagogues and homes in Europe during the Holocaust, according to the website of the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Countries will return 17 funeral scrolls, manuscripts and other historical documents dating from the middle of the 19th century to the Second World War. They were confiscated from Jewish communities and disappeared during the Holocaust. The artifacts were found through a Brooklyn auction house that offered them for sale,” the U.S. Department of Justice said.
It is noted that the artifacts contain invaluable historical information that belongs to the descendants of families who lived in Jewish communities before the Holocaust.
At first, the artifacts were going to be auctioned in New York, but they were confiscated.
The auction house Kestenbaum&Company, in consultation with the World Jewish Restitution Organization, removed the artifacts from the auction.
