A wreath-laying ceremony was held here last week to mark the 39th anniversary of the liberation of the former Jewish ghetto from the Nazis. Imre Heber, president of the Central Board of Hungarian Jews, delivered formal remarks on the occasion of this solemn event. The ceremony was held at what is now a school on the comer of what was the former entrance of the ghetto.
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