Ad
A sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp: over 1 million people were murdered at the facility (Photo: icrf)

Europe and Israel cement relations at Holocaust solemnities

Sixty five years after Soviet troops liberated the German death camp in Auschwitz, Poland, European leaders will on Wednesday (27 January) pay tribute to Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Polish president and prime minister, education ministers from around 30 countries and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek will take part in the main solemnities at the concentration camp.

Nazi forces murdered over 1 million people at Ausch...

Get EU news that matters

Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting member

Already a member? Login here

Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

A sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp: over 1 million people were murdered at the facility (Photo: icrf)

Tags

Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Ad
Ad
Ad