Some 200 survivors of Auschwitz recall their suffering on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, and warn about the growth of anti-Semitism and hatred in the world.
and elsewhere. Many lost parents and grandparents in Auschwitz or other Nazi death camps, but were joined by children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.
Most of the 1.1 million people murdered by the Nazi German forces at the camp were Jews, but other Poles, Russians and Roma were imprisoned there. Polish survivors walked with Duda through the camp’s gate early Monday wearing striped scarves that recalled the prison garb they wore more than 75 years ago.
Duda said Monday he felt that in Jerusalem, “Polish participation in the epic fight against the Nazis was ignored.”
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