World marks 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

The world is marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Red Army liberated prisoners of the Nazi “death factory” on January 27, 1945. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center that crimes like Auschwitz must never be repeated.

The president noted that it was hard to imagine that such “death factories” could exist in what was supposed to be civilized Europe in the 20th century. Attempts to conceal history, distort or rewrite history were unacceptable and unethical, he said. Putin reminded about the need to withstand Neo-Nazism and terrorism together, TASS reports. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded that Soviet forces were the ones who had liberated the concentration camp. 

The Moscow government and the Russian Jewish Congress organized a requiem night at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill yesterday. 

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman presented a copy of Schindler’s list. The original list can be seen at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem. 

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar told Vestnik Kavkaza that the world should do all it can to tell the new generation the truth about the past and its causes. In his words, the indifference of the world today results in misunderstandings and chaos. The chief rabbi believes that Holocaust Memorial Day is an attempt at everything it takes to encourage people to search for solutions. International Holocaust Memorial Day was established by the UN General Assembly Resolution of November 1, 2005. The document was initiated by Israel, Canada, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, U.S. and 90 other countries. 

Memorials and museums have been built in many countries of the world to commemorate the 6 million Jewish victims of Nazism: Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Center of Contemporary Documentation and Memorial in Paris, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, the Washington Holocaust Memorial Museum, a museum for the commemoration of 1.5 million Jewish children in Hiroshima, the Moscow Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum and many others.

The world is marking the 70th anniversary of liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Red Army released prisoners of the Nazi “death factory” on January 27, 1945. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center that crimes like Auschwitz must never be repeated.The president noted that it was hard to imagine that such “death factories” could exist in what was supposed to be civilized Europe in the 20th century. Attempts to conceal history, distort or rewrite history were unacceptable and unethical, he said.Putin reminded about the need to withstand Neo-Nazism and terrorism together, TASS reports.German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded that Soviet forces were the ones who had liberated the concentration camp.The Moscow government and the Russian Jewish Congress organized a requiem night at the  Museum of the Great Patriotic War on the Poklonnaya Hill yesterday. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman presented a copy of Schindler’s list. The original list can be seen at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem.Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar told Vestnik Kavkaza that the world should do all it can to tell the new generation the truth about the past and its causes. In his words, indifference of the world today results in misunderstandings, chaos. The chief rabbi believes that the Holocaust Memorial Day an attempt to everything it takes to encourage people to search for solutions.The International Holocaust Memorial Day was set by the UN General Assembly Resolution of November 1, 2005. The document was initiated by Israel, Canada, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, U.S. and 90 other countries. Memorials and museums were built in many countries of the world to commemorate the 6 million Jews, victims of Nazism: Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Center of Contemporary Documentation and Memorial in Paris, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, the Washington Holocaust Memorial Museum, a museum for commemoration of 1.5 million Jewish children in Hiroshima, the Moscow Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum and many oth