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Family Reunites With Miniature Bible Written in Lodz Ghetto After 80 Years
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 1 day ago
What happened
Shlomo Kanobel wrote a microscopic Bible in the Lodz Ghetto during WWII, which was lost and later found after the war. His family recently reunited with the artifact at Yad Vashem, marking a powerful moment of remembrance and heritage preservation.
- 01Shlomo Kanobel wrote an 85-page miniature Bible in microscopic script during the Lodz Ghetto years.
- 02He gifted the Bible to Jewish Council head Chaim Rumkowski in 1943.
- 03The Bible was lost during the war but found by survivor Bella Bialik in the ghetto ruins.
- 04The artifact was donated to Yad Vashem in 1983, with Kanobel’s identity revealed a year later.
- 05Kanobel’s family reunited with the Bible at Yad Vashem recently, ahead of a bar mitzvah.
- 06The reunion was broadcast on Israeli news, highlighting the Bible’s historical significance.
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