Sixty four years ago, the first Jewish service was broadcast from Germany since Hitler's ascent. I first came across this event (which happened before I was born) referred to in one of Stephen Ambrose's books. Since then I've read about it elsewhere as well. All sources agree: at the time it was a famous, widely-known event that moved a great many people. Sixty-four years later, very few people seem to know it ever happened. There's relatively little material about it on the Internet, even.
To place this in just a bit of context: this service took place less than a week after the bitter, bloody Battle of Aachen. Watch the video:
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