Israel - 20th Anniversary of the Ghetto Uprisings 1963 - Silver 935, approx. 118g (approx. 110.3g pure silver, 3.55 ...

Israel - 20th Anniversary of the Ghetto Uprisings 1963 - Silver 935, approx. 118g (approx. 110.3g pure silver, 3.55 oz), 59 mm Please note, this medal is produced by the Tsuboy Mint, maximum issue quantity 180 units Official state medal, issued in 1963. On the eve of Passover 1943, April 19, the Jewish Fighting Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto launched an armed uprising against the Nazi occupation forces, who entered the ghetto with armored units, infantry and artillery in order to destroy the remaining Jewish population. The revolt, fought within the sealed and isolated ghetto, became one of the most powerful symbols of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising represented the peak of organized Jewish resistance in ghettos, camps and partisan forests, symbolizing courage, sacrifice and defiance. Obverse: Portrait of Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, beside a crumbling brick wall. The figure is based on the monument created by Nathan Rapoport at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. Around the rim appears the inscription “20th Anniversary of the Ghetto Uprisings 1943-1963” in Hebrew and English. Reverse: A stylized memorial flame rising from ruins. Around the rim appears the biblical verse “I Will Give Them an Everlasting Name Which Shall Not Be Cut Off” (Isaiah 56:5) in Hebrew and English.