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'Memory and Truth are Our Weapon Against Evil' - Polish PM on Holocaust

© Sputnik / Boris Ignatovich / Go to the mediabankSecond World War of 1939-1945. Soviet troops liberate the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland)
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Memory and truth are the weapons against evil, the polish prime minister said during an event commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet soldiers.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo urged to spread the word of truth about Holocaust calling it the only way to overcome evil, during an event dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Friday.

"Memory and truth are our mission, they are the weapon against evil. We must loudly tell the truth without trying to transform it into a false alibi for the evil," Szydlo said at the commemorative event held at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, as broadcast by the institution's website.

She added that spreading the truth about concentration camps and Holocaust is "our duty" and message for future generations.

Holocaust survivor Mordechai Ronen (C) from the US is comforted by his son as he is overcome by emotion standing next to President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder (2nd R) as he arrives at the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim on January 26, 2015. - Sputnik International
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Marks 72nd Anniversary of Liberation by Soviet Army
On January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp by Soviet soldiers is commemorated.

The term Holocaust is used to denote actions undertaken by Nazi Germany and its allies in the persecution and extermination of up to six million Jews between 1933 and 1945. Auschwitz was the largest German Nazi concentration and extermination camp where more than 1.4 million people, including 1.1 million Jews, were killed between 1941 and 1945.

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