Comparing the heroism of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto with the heroic defense of Stalingrad, Lord Strabolgi, at a dinner today arranged by the Committee for a Jewish Army, said that the Jewish resistance to the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto has not been well publicized among non-Jews. “Jews should be given a chance to fight, since they are begging for it,” he declared. Forty members of Parliament attended the dinner.
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