Viral Swing: Virus spread scales down Warsaw Ghetto commemoration events

Sunday 19 April 2020

Virus spread scales down Warsaw Ghetto commemoration events

Sirens wailed and Jewish prayers were said for the heroes of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, but the annual memorial observances were scaled down Sunday and moved to the internet because of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing. Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said prayers at the monument to the ghetto fighters in downtown Warsaw. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and representatives of Jewish and Polish organizations laid wreaths.