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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th anniversary remembered with daffodils, 3 presidents and an 11th commandment against ‘indifference’

JL;DR SUMMARY Thousands gathered in Warsaw to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a pivotal Jewish resistance against the Nazis during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"A few hundred politicians, Jewish leaders and others marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at the Ghetto Heroes Monument in Warsaw, April 19, 2023."
Lodz, Łódź, Poland
"Wednesdays diplomatic tribute, which also included speeches by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder and Marian Turski, a Lodz Ghetto survivor whose so-called 11th commandment Thou shalt not be indifferent became the slogan for programming by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews around the commemoration."
Israel
"Herzog, a day after Yom Hashoah, Israels Holocaust Remembrance Day, praised the fighters for sparking hope during one of humanitys most tragic times."
Germany
"As German federal president, I stand before you today and bow to the courageous fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto, Steinmeier told a few hundred politicians, Jewish leaders and others at the Ghetto Heroes Monument, marking the first time a German president has joined in the annual commemoration."

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