NEW YORK (AP) - A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago has been returned to the Jewish community in Vienna, Austria.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials turned over the two-volume Bible to two Austrian emissaries during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.
In 1938, during the annexation of Austria, Nazi soldiers confiscated the Bible in a seizure of the Vienna Jewish community's library, and the Bible later wound up in Berlin.
Authorities say it was illegally imported into the United States in March.
The Bible includes an Aramaic summary and a series of commentaries by medieval rabbis.
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NEW YORK (AP) - A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago has been returned to the Jewish community in Vienna, Austria.
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Published: November 10, 2009
Published: November 10, 2009
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