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Piron to attend ceremony in Poland for uprising

APRIL 18, 2013 04:10

Education Minister Shai Piron will represent Israel in Poland at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Friday.

Piron is expected to speak at the ceremony, which will take place in the presence of Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, other Polish government officials as well as representatives of the European Parliament.

During his visit to Poland, Piron will meet with the Polish education minister and deputy education minister as well as Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jerzy Pomianowski and one of the former fighters of the uprising in Warsaw.

The minister will also attend the pre-opening ceremony of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which is expected to open next year.

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