WARSAW, Poland — Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got underway on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.
World leaders joined Auschwitz survivors to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation. This significant event serves as a reminder of the horrors experienced during the Holocaust, as political tensions rise with far-right ideologies resurfacing in Europe.
WARSAW -- Auschwitz survivors and global leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation.
Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.
Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
Survivors of the concentration camp were joined by notable figures, including Britain’s King Charles, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President ... Poland’s President Andrzej Duda remarked, “We are at a special place on a special day ...
Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose nation lost 6 million ... Among the leaders expected to attend are Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Commemorations at the former death camp began earlier when Poland’s president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz ... German chancellor Olaf Scholz, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the ...
Germany was represented by both Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank ... along with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s King Charles III and ...
They were joined by Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose nation lost 6 ... Among the leaders expected to attend are Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Germany, a country that for decades has been expressing remorse for the nation’s crimes under Hitler, will be represented by both Chancellor Olaf Scholz ... s President Andrzej Duda, Canadian ...