The World - News from April 13, 1988
Thousands of people began arriving in Warsaw for the 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Jewish ghetto uprising, when starving and poorly armed Poles held off the final Nazi extermination drive for nearly a month. About 4,500 guests from throughout the world are expected for the observances starting Thursday, including the largest Israeli delegation ever to visit Poland. The rites will continue through next Tuesday.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 14, 1988 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday April 14, 1988 Home Edition Part 1 Page 2 Column 6 Foreign Desk 2 inches; 41 words Type of Material: Correction
An item in The World column of The News in Brief, published Wednesday, about the 45th anniversary of the uprising in the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw was imprecisely worded. It should have made clear that it was Jewish fighters who held off a Nazi drive to obliterate the ghetto for nearly a month in 1943.
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