3.7K views · 293 reactions | "They did not go gently into the night. They raged against the dying of the light." Parliament marked the 80th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto with a speech by President Roberta Metsola. Members wore paper yellow daffodils that have become a symbol of the Uprising, remembering the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. | European Parliament | Facebook

"My life's dream has become a reality. I have seen the Jewish defense of the ghetto in all its strength and glory." - Mordechai Anielewicz On 19 April 1943, Passover eve, the Germans entered the Warsaw ghetto. Knowing that the Germans would murder the remaining Jews in the ghetto, they decided to resist to the last man After the first few days of fighting had elapsed, the Jewish combatants took refuge in bunkers from which they would launch attacks and raids on German units. Most of the Jewish f

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