Monday, August 16, 2010

Pages of the Heidenheim siddur discovered in the trenches.

Here is some interesting coverage in the Jewish Chronicle (Dec. 9, 1870) of Jewish soldiers on both sides of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.

Here we read about two pages of a ubiquitous Rodelheim siddur discovered in the trenches, which in its British way is called "interesting" rather than "poignant," as I think is meant:



Here is the complete coverage:



See also an earlier post, 'Two Soldiers and a Shema Yisrael.'