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An extraordinary role was played in the mid-1990s by Mrs. Alice Gingold from the USA, who came to Zvolen as an envoy of the American Peace Corps. Thanks to it, it was possible to start various religious and community activities. In cooperation with Mr. Jozef Klement, who was already trying to restore the cemetery in a voluntary way, they involved representatives of the city in the reconstruction of the Jewish cemetery and also showed the way to obtain funding from private donors from the USA, Israel, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Without her personal involvement, the reconstruction of the cemetery would not have taken place to this day. The mass grave monument has been declared a national cultural monument. Various reverential events have been held in the cemetery since the early 1990s. In 2001, September 9 was established as the "Victims of the Holocaust and Racial Persecution". On September 9, 1998, a plaque commemorating the religious character of the synagogue building was unveiled. In the years 2007-2010, a monument "Park of Noble Souls" was built in front of the Jewish cemetery. The park is unique in Central Europe. It is dedicated to Slovaks who helped Jews during the Holocaust. In the city center near our school on Tehelná Street, a park of forgotten neighbors was opened on May 8, 2012, dedicated to the citizens of the city of Zvolen, who became victims of the fascist regime. They were uncomfortable because of their religion, religion or nationality. Jews, Roma, Czechs, Hungarians and others.

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