The 27th of Nissan in the Jewish calendar (beginning the even of April 28th this year) is Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel and in Jewish communities world-wide. This goes back to 1951, when the Holocaust was still a horribly fresh memory from the immediate past, which the majority of Israel’s population had personally experienced. The Knesset decided on this day for its twin significance: first, this was the date of one of the fiercest battles of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – the battle of 2nd May 1942, commanded by Marek Edelman, the commander of the bunker at Franciszkanska 30. And...
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