"Survivors of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, laid flowers and candles at the memorial site on Tuesday, as commemorations marking its liberation 81 years ago took place around Europe and beyond. Marking International Holocaust Memorial Day, Jewish leaders across the continent warned against forgetting the extermination of millions, while some of the few remaining survivors urged ordinary people to stand up against populism and extremism."
"At the Auschwitz memorial site 24 former prisoners braved freezing temperatures to lay wreaths at the death wall' where German soldiers killed mainly Polish political prisoners. Polish president Karol Nawrocki later joined survivors for a ceremony at nearby Birkenau, the huge site to which Jews from across Europe were transported to be murdered in gas chambers. Candles were placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin."
"About 1.1 million Jews were murdered at Auschwitz alone, as well as Poles, Roma and others, including people persecuted for their religious or sexual orientation. At the snow-covered Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in central Berlin, a sea of grey concrete blocks built as an indelible symbol of Germany's contrition, candles were lit and white roses laid on the slabs."
Survivors of Auschwitz laid flowers and candles at the camp memorial as commemorations marking its liberation took place across Europe and beyond. Jewish leaders warned against forgetting the extermination of millions and urged opposition to populism and extremism. Tova Friedman, 87, will address the German parliament and intends to confront the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland. The official day of remembrance is 27 January, marking the Soviet liberation in 1945; Germany adopted it in 1996 and the United Nations in 2005. Ceremonies included wreaths at the death wall, a Birkenau service with the Polish president, and candles at Berlin's Jewish memorial.
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