Warsaw prepares to mark anniversary of ghetto revolt
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
12.04.2019 15:00
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Warsaw prepares to mark anniversary of ghetto revolt
April 19 will mark the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the biggest Jewish military revolt during World War II.
![A monument honouring the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters in the Polish capital. Photo: Szczebrzeszynski [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/e46ad3b4-185b-40dc-a1e7-b39ba28b1c6d.file "A monument honouring the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters in the Polish capital. Photo: Szczebrzeszynski [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons")
A monument honouring the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters in the Polish capital. Photo: Szczebrzeszynski [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
In preparation for the commemorations, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is organising an educational campaign as part of which over 1,500 volunteers will be distributing paper daffodil badges, a symbol of remembrance of the uprising, in the streets of Warsaw.
Katarzyna Semaan spoke to Kajetan Prochyra, music scene curator at the Warsaw-based Museum of the History of Polish Jews.