Judy Hamilton
20th April 2006, 04:28 PM (16:28)
I have read the book I am recommending..by Leon Uris..ths historical Novel
propelled me as a young adult in my 20's to learn about the history and suffering
of those who live and do life amongst us..the Jewish community of America
read Mila 18, a great novel by Leon Uris.
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Poland marks 63rd anniversary of WWII Warsaw ghetto uprising
Radek Sikorski and religious leaders of Poland's Jewish community, flanked by Jewish Second World War veterans, laid flowers and prayed Tuesday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the doomed Warsaw ghetto uprising.
Several dozen officials and local residents also lit candles and said the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, at the monument to the heroes of the ghetto struggle during observances held on the eve of the anniversary.
On April 19, 1943, hundreds of young Jewish fighters took up arms in the first major act of armed civilian resistance against the Nazis, who invaded and occupied Poland in 1939.
The insurgents opted to fight the Nazis in the face of the German plan to exterminate the tens of thousands of Jews remaining in the ghetto.
propelled me as a young adult in my 20's to learn about the history and suffering
of those who live and do life amongst us..the Jewish community of America
read Mila 18, a great novel by Leon Uris.
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Poland marks 63rd anniversary of WWII Warsaw ghetto uprising
Radek Sikorski and religious leaders of Poland's Jewish community, flanked by Jewish Second World War veterans, laid flowers and prayed Tuesday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the doomed Warsaw ghetto uprising.
Several dozen officials and local residents also lit candles and said the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, at the monument to the heroes of the ghetto struggle during observances held on the eve of the anniversary.
On April 19, 1943, hundreds of young Jewish fighters took up arms in the first major act of armed civilian resistance against the Nazis, who invaded and occupied Poland in 1939.
The insurgents opted to fight the Nazis in the face of the German plan to exterminate the tens of thousands of Jews remaining in the ghetto.