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"en.20050127.9.4-071"2
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"Ladies and gentlemen, communities of nations cannot be built upon lies and a false interpretation of history. If we dispense with historical truth, we may well heighten the threat posed to some by the new ideology of death and contempt for the individual. Allow me to remind Europe and the world that the Second World War was started by the Germans, who were possessed by hideous convictions on racism and death. Six million Poles died in that war. On the territories occupied by them, and notably in Poland, the Nazis created numerous death camps where torture and forced labour also took place. Auschwitz was the largest of these camps, and it was conceived in order to eliminate the flower of the Polish nation. Some four million people of different nationalities, including Jews, Poles, Roma, Russians and others, died in that place of unspeakable suffering. Every one of the lives lost there is of equal value. It would be unworthy of us to play dirty games on the graves of millions of our innocent brothers and sisters. We must not demean ourselves by seeking advantage from their deaths. Above all, we are duty bound to remember, honour and pray for the victims murdered by the Nazis. Let humble reflection on the tragedy of Auschwitz cleanse the guilty and be a warning to today’s world. We must learn from the truth about Auschwitz. As long as we continue to allow the innocent to be slaughtered in today’s society, we will have failed to grasp that truth. I am referring also to the slaughter of unborn children. Every individual’s life is sacred. We need to learn from the example of love and reconciliation shown by the holy martyrs of Auschwitz; Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish monk, and Edith Stein, a Jewish nun. Saint Maximilian, Saint Edith, Sister Benedicta of the Cross, pray for us."@en1
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