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| Keywords: Buchenwald Religious Services 26278.jpg American chaplain Rabbi Hershel Schaecter conducts the service of the first day of Shavuoth for Buchenwald survivors shortly after liberation Pictured in the first row wearing shorts is Robert Buechler while the youth sitting in front of the lecturn looking back at the camera is Stefan Jakubowicz Israel Meir Lau is pictured sitting third from left in the first row between two American soldiers Seated in the second row are Jakub Chojt left side wearing a white shirt and brothers Yosl Bekiermaszyn now Baker middle of the row wearing a black jacket and Boruch Bekiermaszyn two to the right of him The Shavuot service commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai The previous month Rabbi Schachter had also led a Second Passover service since the survivors did not have a chance to celebrate Passover on its actual date The day after this Shavuot service was held a group of Jewish children were repatriated to their homes in Czechoslovakia Buchenwald Thuringia Germany May 18 1945 http //www ushmm org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration College Park PD-USGov Chaplains Images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Passover Seder May 1945 in Germany Buchenwald liberation Israel Meir Lau Shavuot | ||||
