Polish officials have marked the border of the former Warsaw Ghetto with plaques and lines of metal set in concrete to preserve the memory of the tragic World War II-era Jewish quarter.
The markers were inaugurated today (Wednesday, November 19, 2008) in a ceremony attended by Holocaust survivors, Roman Catholic clergy, Poland's chief rabbi and the Warsaw mayor.
The Warsaw Ghetto was set up by Nazi Germany when it occupied Poland during the war.
About half a million Jews were imprisoned there.
It served as a holding place before most were sent to their deaths in concentration camps.
Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz says preserving the memory of the ghetto is important because "it's a picture of the history - unfortunately the dramatic history - of the city."
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