A proposal that a monument to the Jewish martyrs of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943 be erected in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia was made here today by Sen. Juscelino Kubitschek, former President of Brazil. He made the suggestion while addressing a meeting here commemorating the heroism of the participants in the Warsaw Ghetto rebellion. Sen. Kubitschek is now a candidate for the Brazilian presidency.
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