Holocaust survivors return for memorial ceremony on 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration campWhile, as reported earlier, no politicians will be speaking at the main ceremony later today, Polish president Andrzej Duda has been briefing the world’s media in the last few minutes.Poland takes care of those sites in order to preserve the memory, in order to keep it alive, so that people always remember.And so that through … this memory, the world never again lets such dramatic human catastrophe happen, and to be more precise, a catastrophe of humanity, because representatives of one nation were able to cause such horrible, unimaginable pain and harm upon other nations, and especially upon the Jewish nation.“It’s called the day of liberation, and I do not think that a country that does not understand the value of liberty has something to do at a ceremony dedicated to the liberation. It would be cynical to have them there.” Continue reading…
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Author : Jakub Krupa
Publish date : 2025-01-27 08:45:53
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Auschwitz survivors return to camp as they and world leaders mark 80th anniversary of its liberation – live
