The Polish Broadcasting Service today paid tribute to Jews who have fought for Polish independence. On the occasion of the anniversary of the rising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Warsaw newspaper Zycie Warszawy featured an article depicting participation of Polish Jews in Poland’s struggle for freedom. This article was broadcast by the Warsaw Radio.
It began with the story of the voluntary Jewish regiment which fought in the forces of Kosciusko under command of Berek Joselewicz. The Jewish volunteers died heroically in defense of Praga in 1794. Many Jewish volunteers were said to have joined the insurrection of 1846, and to have participated in the events of 1848 and 1863. In 1905, the broadcast said, Jews died for Poland on Tsarist gallows.
Jews were credited in the broadcast with having helped liberate Warsaw and Poland from the Nazis. They served in the underground, partisan detachments, and other forces the broadcast article emphasized.
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