London Library returns historic Czech scroll

A rare Czech Torah scroll which the London Library has looked after for the past 40 years has been handed over to the Memorial Scrolls Trust.

The scroll, dating back to 1898, is a relic of the Domažlice community, which was eradicated by the Nazis.

Its synagogue was also destroyed but many of its ritual objects and documents survived.

In 1979, the Domažlice scroll was entrusted to the library for safe keeping through the auspices of library treasurer Lewis Golden, a prominent member of Westminster Synagogue, which had taken in Czech scrolls.