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Today we commemorate one of the most troubling dates in the history of the human race: the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. It was a joyful day for the survivors, the liberators and the entire civilised world; yet it was also a day of profound pain and shock at the stark realisation of the extraordinary scale of the atrocities committed.
Auschwitz must never be forgotten, and there can be no tolerance for attempts at rewriting our shared history in such a way that the constant, methodical and premeditated massacre of millions of innocent people goes unnoticed or is glossed over. I feel that there is still much to investigate with regard to the actual scale of the crimes committed during the Second World War.
I am also concerned at the fresh outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks and incidents, perpetrated and incited mainly by extreme left-wing organisations and Islamic radicals, as well as the Nazi extreme right. I vehemently condemn such acts. Europe, which considers itself tolerant, must, in this instance, show character and be resolute in combating this kind of organisation and activity.
If the Nazi atrocities are to serve some purpose, let it be that, in remembering this darker side of history, we can be morally armed for the struggle to ensure that barbarities such as Auschwitz are never repeated in the biography of the human race."@en1
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