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,
“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is being marked, as always, with a gathering of survivors.
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.
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.
Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.
Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.
In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe's Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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,
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.
King Charles issues vital warning to world on Auschwitz liberation anniversary - Charles travels to Poland to commemorate milestone with foreign monarchs, presidents, prime ministers and Holocaust survivors,