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April 24, 1963
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All major Swedish Jewish organizations participated here today in commemorative ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Chief Rabbi Kurt Wilhelm told the gathering that “no fight in the history of mankind was more hopeless” yet “they fought for life and Jewish honor and died to enable others to survive.”

“Where was justice and human love in 1943?” Dr. Wilhelm asked. “A more humane policy might have saved some Jews.” Israel Ambassador Moshe Bitan told the gathering that the “tragedy was greater than that for any of the other nations oppressed by the Nazis, but the will to survive was demonstrated in the establishment of Israel.”

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