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Shmuel Levin, Chairperson of the Jewish religious Community of Vilnius and Lithuania, leans against a wall built of tombstones from a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Date Taken: 13-May-2015 09:19:25Credit: AP
Title: Shmuel Levin
Caption: In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Shmuel Levin, the Chairperson of the Jewish religious Community of Vilnius and Lithuania, leans against a wall of the power substation built of tombstones from a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. Tombstones from a Jewish cemetery were used to build a power substation in the 1960s. City officials now want to tear it down and return the tombstones to Lithuanias tiny Jewish community, which was nearly wiped out during the Holocaust. Theyre also investigating whether there are other examples of Jewish tombstones being used as building material during the Soviet occupation, when the communist authorities paid little attention to religious symbols. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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