The Jewish Treasures in Saddam Hussein's Basement

The Jewish Treasures in Saddam Hussein's Basement

This is a dramatic heroic story of how these historic materials were found and rescued from the basement of Saddam Hussein's intelligence headquarters and how the National Archives is preserving them.

 

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