Three thousand persons participated in a ceremony today at a memorial honoring the victims of the Oswiecim concentration camp. The ceremony marks the ninth anniversary of the execution of 100 hostages, including 48 Jews. Participants in the rites vowed opposition to the rearmament of Germany.
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