The 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt was commemorated here last night at a gathering sponsored by the central Argentine Jewish organizations and attended by some 3,000 persons. The ceremonies included the lighting of six giant candles in memory of the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the Nazi holocaust and the recitation of memorial prayers for the victims.
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