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Auschwitz was liberated nearly 60 years ago (Photo: Auschwitz Museum)

European Parliament row mars Auschwitz commemorations

As World leaders prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a behind-the-scenes wrangle over the exact wording of a European Parliament resolution on the issue shows how sensitive the matter remains in Europe.

On 19 January, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament proposed a "resolution on remembrance of the Holocaust, anti-semitism and Racism", which stated, "the concentration and extermination camps built by the...

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Auschwitz was liberated nearly 60 years ago (Photo: Auschwitz Museum)

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