Survivors of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp, have warned the world against indifference to hatred, at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation by the Soviet army. 'I see it as a chance to finally say goodbye': Auschwitz survivors tell their stories Read moreA total of 6 million Jews were slaughtered, 1.5 million of them children, in the Holocaust – of which Auschwitz has become the dominant and enduring symbol. Thanking the survivors who had travelled from around the world along with relatives, Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland and the only high-level leader to speak, said Auschwitz had been a “monstrous, criminal nightmare”. We didn’t know why we were chosen by him but we spent three months here in Auschwitz. Never underestimate a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 19:57 UTC