French President Emmanuel Macron called for the fight against anti-Semitism to continue during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial in Paris on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. "We will not give in to anti-Semitism in all its forms,
In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former camp.
Auschwitz survivors pay tribute to those who died at the camp on the 80th anniversary of its liberation:::: Oswiecim, PolandThe anniversary at the site of the camp on Monday, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two,
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
Politicians were asked not to speak at this year's event, as it could be the last time survivors gather on 27 January, the date when the Soviets liberated the Nazi death camp in 1945. View on euronews
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Poland to attend Auschwitz commemoration events and for bilateral meetings including with French President Emmanuel Macron, Zelensky's spokesman told reporters Monday.
Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.
World leaders will be in Poland Monday to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80thanniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed the ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz as he deals with legal woes at home and the threat of arrest abroad.
The world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday, with some of the few remaining survivors set to attend ceremonies at the site of the notorious Nazi death camp.