Jewish survivors told their stories, as did a Sinti, or Gypsy, woman who is now blind and delivered a few words that she said were “spoken from the heart” before having someone else read them. Polish survivors walked with Duda through the camp’s gate early Monday wearing striped scarves that recalled the prison garb they wore more than 75 years ago. Among them were Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Prince Charles. ADPolitics intruded on that event, with Duda boycotting it in protest after Putin claimed that Poland played a role in triggering World War II. Organizers of the event in Poland, the Auschwitz-Birkenau state memorial museum and the World Jewish Congress, have sought to keep the spotlight on survivors.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2020 08:17 UTC