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Nord department, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region. The military burials in the Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension are managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Their website is www.cwgc.org. Information on the Czech military burials can be found at http://www.vets.cz/. Information on the Jewish participation in the Czech military in the West during World War Two can be found in Erich Kulka's book Zide v Ceskoslovenskem Vojsku Na Zapade. It was published by Nase vojsko in Praha in 1992. Information on the Jewish burials in the Dunkirk region was provided by Jean-Marc Alcalay of Dunkerque. He is the author of many works including la plume et le fusil 1940, Des Ecrivains dans la Tormente de Dunkerque. Ysec editions. 2008, and Histoire des combattants juifs de la Brigade Blindée Indépendante Tchécoslovaque pendant le siège de Dunkerque (1944-1945)
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