World leader commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years ago

World leader commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years ago

On Monday, leading personalities from all over the world will gather in Poland to gather the Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-birkenau to walk.

participant of the memorial event

Among the participants are the British monarch König Charles Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the French President Emmanuel Macron. The event begins in a tent that was built over the notorious entrance gate of the former extermination camp.

invitation to survivors

All remaining survivors of Auschwitz are invited to take part in the memorial celebrations, whereby they can bring an accompanying person. According to an explanation of the Auschwitz commemoration and museum, those responsible for the physical and emotional challenges are aware of the participation in this event.

Michael Bornstein, who survived in Auschwitz for seven months as a child, said: "Nothing will be easy when I return." A central symbol of the 80th anniversary is a freight wagon that is placed directly in front of the main entrance. This wagon is dedicated to the approximately 420,000 Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz.

memory of the victims

Between 1940 and 1945, around 1.1 million people were murdered in the concentration camp, many of them Jews and other victims of the Third Reich, including Poland, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war.

The United Nations declared January 27, 2005 to be an International Holocaust Memorial Day . This day is celebrated annually and is reminiscent of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 and the six million Jews who lost their lives among the Nazis.

global reflection and commemoration

The museum emphasizes that the event on Monday offers the opportunity to memorize together and reflect globally. This is done at a time when anti -Semitic sentiments are increasing in Europe, a development that is fueled by the conflict in the Middle East, among other things. Israel started a war against Gaza in response to terrorist attacks by the Palestinian military group Hamas on October 7, 2023

As a survey by the European Union of Fundamental Rights (FRA) from June shows, there has been an increase in anti -Semitic incidents in Europe since October 2023. Some Jewish community organizations reported an increase of more than 400%.

The effects on Jewish communities

of those surveyed by the FRA stated that they at least hide their Jewish identity occasionally, and 34% avoid Jewish events or places out of fear for their security. The director of the FRA, Sirpa Raubio, said: "Europe is experiencing a wave of anti -Semitism, some of which is caused by the conflict in the Middle East. This limits the possibility of Jewish people to live safely and with dignity."

In addition, events in the Middle East have led to an increase in Islamophobic incidents across Europe, including arson, verbal and physical attacks as well as targeted attacks on mosques.