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with tensions in northeast asia rising over japan's refusal to acknowledge
its wartime atrocities germany poland and other countries around the
world held ceremonies to remember the victims of the holocaust... and
ensure that such horrors are never repeated .
sohn jung-in reports. germany's parliament held its annual ceremony to
mark international holocaust remembrance day on monday with
government representatives and guests from other nations.
the sound of a string quartet resonated inside the hall where the
ceremony took place while holocaust survivor s laid wreaths and flowers to
honor the victims of the genocide. monday's commemorations come 69 years after
soviet soldiers swept into
auschwitz the former death camp in poland to liberate the roughly 7-
thousand people still interned there. german lawmakers expressed their sympathy
for the survivors who are
still suffering in the aftermath of the war .
never should anyone be discriminated against ... or threatened by
differences in political beliefs religion or gender. germany no longer
acknowledges prejudice against other ethnic groups.
russian author and holocaust survivor dani il granin who was transported
to auschwitz in 1944 after a nazi siege was invited to describe his
memories of the horrific experience.
it took me a long time to forgive germany . that's how horrendous a war
is -- it's stained with blood.
many people toured the auschwitz compound including officials from the
israeli parliament who visited the site to remember its liberation by russian
soldiers in 1945. germany has since apologized for the suffering
inflicted by its troops and
said they feel for the survivors who are still dealing with the consequences
of war. sohn jung-in arirang news.