The 22nd anniversary of the Bialystok Ghetto revolt was commemorated in that city yesterday, it was reported here today from Warsaw. The ceremony included a pilgrimage to the grave of Isaac Malmed, one of the leaders of the revolt, and to the site of the former Great Synagogue, where the Nazis burned alive 2,000 Jews.
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