The Prime Minister spoke of his ‘harrowing’ visit to Block 27 at Auschwitz with his wife Victoria earlier this month.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with Poland's leaders on security and tightening Britain's ties with the European Union.
King Charles III said "the act of remembering the evils of the past remains a vital task" as he met Holocaust survivors in Poland. He spoke at a Jewish community centre in Krakow ahead of becoming the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz, where he attended a commemoration event to mark the 80 years since its liberation.
The prime minister was on his first visit to the concentration camp where 1.1 million people perished before its liberation 80 years ago.
The Prime Minister has warned a similar atrocity could happen again unless society upholds its duty to ‘make never again finally mean what it says’.
Keir Starmer said nothing could have prepared him for the 'sheer horror' of the Nazi death camp and the visit had strengthened his determination to stamp out the 'poison' of anti-Semitism
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King Charles will join world leaders at the commemoration event in Poland where lights will be laid in memory of those murdered.
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The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to Poland to meet with the country’s political leaders.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the Memorial And Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday Jan. 17, 2025. (Aleksandra Szmigiel/Pool via AP ...