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Waltham Abbey Jewish Cemetery

Herbert, born in Berlin, is pictured left. On the right is a a letter to Herbert’s father from his uncle in 1929.
April 30, 2020, 12:54 pm
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The death of 95-year-old Herbert Max Fraenkel resulted in an intriguing quest to discover his real identity, leading to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew.
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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