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Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

JL;DR SUMMARY In Warsaw, archaeology students are reviving the city's main Jewish cemetery, a site with significant cultural and historical value. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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World War IiArchaeologyJewish HeritageWarsaw Ghetto UprisingWarsawJewish CemeteryPolish JewsEsperantoCultural RestorationJewish Burial Law

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"In the center of Polands capital, a brick wall separates the humming traffic of Okopowa Street from a quiet wilderness filled with graves."
Poland
"Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich sent Schwarz to live for days at these camps, supervising archaeologists as they drew the historic borders of burial sites while ensuring that they met religious rules."

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