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Blueprints for Auschwitz camp found in Germany

Reuters

One of the barracks and a watch tower are seen in the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, poland, January 12, 2007.

BERLIN, Germany — The original construction plans believed used for a major expansion of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1941 have been found in a Berlin flat, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

The daily printed three architect’s drawings on yellowing paper from the batch of 28 pages of blueprints it obtained. One has an 11.66 meter by 11.20 meter room marked “Gaskammer” (gas chamber) that was part of a “delousing facility.”

Chabad Members to Donate Torah

Dave Schwab – La Jolla Light

LA JOLLA, CA — In the spirit of this year’s Jewish High Holy Days that were September, a 10-day period in which Jews repent their sins and ask forgiveness, a pair of brothers at Chabad of La Jolla went one step further: They offered to donate a Torah to a needy community.