The Socialist faction in the Parliament of Europe has protested to the Polish government over the dismissal of Dr. Marek Edelman, one of the survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, from his post at the Lodz general hospital.
CORRECTION: Elie Wiesel has written to JTA that contrary to a recent report he is not involved in the construction of the U.S. Holocaust Museum overseen by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council since he resigned as Council chairman last December.
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