World leaders joined survivors of Auschwitz on Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops, A2 CNN reports. The anniversary marked at the former camp set up by Germany in occupied Poland during World War II to kill European Jews is being attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, King Charles III of Great Britain, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and many others. They are not expected to give speeches, but they will hear, perhaps for the last time, the testimonies of those who suffered the brunt of one of the worst crimes in human history.
About 50 survivors have returned to the area where they experienced the hell to lay wreaths and candles, with some of them set to speak later. President Duda told reporters at the camp that Poles are guardians of memory. The commemoration of crimes committed in the name of the Nazis' notion of racial superiority comes as far-right parties have gained strength across Europe.
On Saturday, billionaire and Trump advisor Elon Musk shared a video message expressing support for Germany's far-right AfD party, which is ranked second in polls for the February 23 election. The party's platform also includes minimizing historical guilt for the Holocaust.
More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died in gas chambers or from starvation, cold and disease at Auschwitz. Over 3 million of Poland's 3.2 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, nearly half of all Jews executed during the Holocaust. (A2 Televizion)
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