Representatives of the Belgian Government, the Army and religious and civil organizations will attend a ceremony held September 15 in commemoration of the 25,000 Jewish men, women and children who were deported from Belgium to the concentration camps during the Nazi occupation. Plans for the memorial were made public today.
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