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This wall consists of
two sculptures set in a wall of red bricks which symbolize the ghetto walls. The
monument is situated at the edge of Warsaw Ghetto Square, where the official
opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day takes place
each year. The first sculpture, entitled "The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"
depicts men, women and children bearing arms, and fighting courageously against
the background of the burning ghetto. In the center stands the leader of the
uprising, Mordechai Anielewicz, holding the flame which ignited the spirit of
rebellion. The sculpture emphasizes the heroism of the ghetto fighters, and
glorifies the image of
 the Jewish warrior.
The second sculpture, entitled "The Last March", depicts the final
journey of the Jews to the death camps.
The same two sculptures can be seen at the memorial site of the Warsaw Ghetto in
Poland.
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