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ADVERTISEMENT Wreaths and flowers were laid at the Monument to the Heroes in the Polish capital on Saturday to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Today, the daffodil has become a symbol of commemoration. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 was the largest armed Jewish uprising during the Second World War. On the 19th of April, a group of young men led by Mordechai Anielewicz resisted and fought back Nazi troops who had entered the Warsaw Ghetto in an effort to deport its