Roman Schwarzman, an 88-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, implored the German parliament to take action against Russia's atrocities, likening current threats to his past experiences. He recounted living through the devastation of the Holocaust and expressed his fears for his family amid ongoing Russian aggression. His emotional address coincided with the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation, highlighting the importance of remembering history in the fight against modern-day tyranny. The article also mentions recent Ukrainian military actions against Russian facilities, demonstrating the ongoing conflict and its implications.
I have already been able to escape extermination once, he said, referring to the Holocaust. Now I am an old man and must once again live with the fear that my children and grandchildren could fall victim to a war of extermination.
Back then Hitler wanted to kill me because I am Jew, said Roman Schwarzman, 88. Now Putin wants to kill me because I am a Ukrainian.
Schwarzman said he had first-hand experience of Russian terror when a missile hit his building in Odesa in December 2023, leaving everything inside his apartment smashed to pieces.
Schwarzman, the president of Ukraine's association for concentration camp and ghetto survivors, addressed the Bundestag for its yearly session marking the liberation of the Auschwitz camp.
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