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Israel marks 83 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

“Facing certain death, Jews chose to fight—not for victory, but for dignity, identity, and the right to resist.”

From left: Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw for a ceremony marking 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on April 19, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
From left: Israeli President Isaac Herzog, then-Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw for a ceremony marking 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on April 19, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel on Sunday marked the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when a small group of men and women, armed with meager weapons, rebelled against the German occupiers for almost a month, from April 19 to May 16, 1943.

“Facing certain death, Jews chose to fight—not for victory, but for dignity, identity, and the right to resist,” according to a tweet on Israel’s official X account.

“Their message endures: freedom isn’t granted—it’s defended. Even against impossible odds. We remember them not only for how they died, but for how they chose to live and to fight,” it added.

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