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Political Officer Daniel Gedacht with Iwaniska Mayor Kazimierz Kotowski and PJCRP coordinator Andrzej Omasta in front of the cemetery wall
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On October 23, U.S. Embassy Warsaw Political Officer Daniel Gedacht and Political Assistant Kasia Dragan attended a rededication ceremony for the opening of the Jewish Cemetery in Iwaniska, Swietokrzyskie Province. The event was attended by over 100 local townspeople and more than 100 guests who traveled from the United States and Canada. The rededication marked the culmination of five years of work and cooperation between the U.S.-based Poland-Jewish Cemetery Restoration Project (PJCRP), the Warsaw-based Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, and local authorities. Much of the restoration work was undertaken by local school children who gathered materials used for building from the forest. Daniel is shown here at the cemetery with Iwaniska Mayor Kazimierz Kotowski and PJCRP coordinator Andrzej Omasta in front of the cemetery wall. This is the 17th renovation and rededication ceremony undertaken by the PJCRP in 2006.
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