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Well, my grandmother sewed her funeral clothe. The dead are not buried in casual clothes [but in kittel]. Even the less religious were buried according to the ancient Jewish belief. My grandmother told me that a Jewish woman had to sew everything with her hands, everything she was wearing from white linen, to the handkerchief, or – well, a woman wore apron in the kitchen – to the apron. And she had these indeed, she sewed them.
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Romania
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Alice Kosa
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