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Stonemason who repaired Jewish cemetery victimized

by BERLIN (JTA) -- Vandals have apparently victimized a stonemason who recently did free repairs at Berlin's vandalized Jewish ceme, Before the vandalism, the stonemason received telephone death threats. Then last month, 150 gravestones in his eastern Berlin wa

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The mason at first kept quiet about the attack out of fear, said Julia Plessing, manager of the Amadeus Antonio Foundation: Initiatives for Society and Democratic Culture, which has established a bank account for donations.

"He doesn't have insurance, because... it's too expensive and the possibility of something happening is small," Plessing said.

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