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Monument for 5,500 Jews Killed by Nazis Unveiled in Polish Town

August 12, 1965
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A monument in memory of the 5,500 Jews of Minsk-Mazowieck slaughtered by the Nazis has been unveiled in the town, it was reported here today from Warsaw. The monument was erected at the cemetery where the victims are buried.

A tablet also was affixed to a school, recording that on its site, “the Hitlerite murderers burned alive 225 Jews on January 10, 1943. Honor to their memory.”

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