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Holocaust survivors gather at 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation for historic remembrance day
About 20 Holocaust survivors solemnly gathered to mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a ceremony in Poland on Saturday.
The approximately 20 survivors from surrounding Nazi concentration camps gathered to lay wreaths and flowers and to light candles at the Death Wall in Auschwitz, where the Nazis executed thousands of inmates.
Later, the group, along with state officials, gathered to memorialize the camp’s 1.1 million camp victims.
The group gathered by a brick women’s barracks at the former concentration camp and lit candles and prayed for the victims.
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Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Halina Birenbaum, a 94-year-old survivor, spoke during the memorization beside barrack 27, where she spent part of August 1943 until the forced evacuation of camp inmates on foot on Jan. 18, 1945.
She said the suffering and tragedy of people from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel was “painful” for her and an extension of her Auschwitz experience.
Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne defended Israel’s retaliation following the unprecedented Hamas terrorist attack.
“We hoped that the lessons of the Holocaust have been learned,” Livne said. “Yet, today we are astonished by accusations of genocide against the Jewish state while we fight for our existence.”
Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Holocaust survivors and guests take lit candles to the monument at the Birkenau Nazi death camp during a ceremony in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
In Germany, residents gathered to remember the 79th anniversary of the Holocaust by laying flowers.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country would continue to bear responsibility for this “crime against humanity.”
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He called on citizens to defend Germany’s democracy and fight antisemitism as the country marked the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
“Never again’ is every day,” Scholz said in his weekly video podcast. “Jan. 27 calls out to us: Stay visible! Stay audible! Against antisemitism, against racism, against misanthropy — and for our democracy.”
A Holocaust survivor holds a candle while waiting in line to place it next to the Death Wall at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowsk)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the day by posting an image of a Jewsih menorah on X.
“Every new generation must learn the truth about the Holocaust,” Zelensky wrote. “Human life must remain the highest value for all nations in the world.”
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In Italy, Holocaust commemorations included a torchlit procession and official statements from top political leaders.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said her conservative nationalist government was committed to eradicating antisemitism that she said had been “reinvigorated” by the Israel-Hamas war.
Gad Partok, 93, a Tunisian-born Holocaust survivor, poses for a portrait in his home in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
President Biden wrote that it’s “our responsibility” to combat antisemitism and hate-fueled violence.
“Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn one of the darkest chapters in history, when six million Jews and countless others were systematically murdered,” Biden wrote on X. “It’s our responsibility to stand up to Antisemitism and hate-fueled violence everywhere.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Outbreak spreads to a fourth province, Haut-Uele, bordering South Sudan and the CAR, according to a media report.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says confirmed Ebola cases in the country have reached 1,307 and include 377 deaths.
In an update issued late on Monday, the country said the confirmed cases have been recorded in three provinces – Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
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The announcement comes as the AFP news agency reported that a case has been detected in a fourth province. A source at the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) quoted by AFP said the viral haemorrhagic fever has spread to Haut-Uele, which borders South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
The source said the case there was detected after an infected person travelled from Bunia, Ituri’s capital, to Haut-Uele.
That person has since died, another health source told AFP.
Authorities are now trying to trace the chain of transmission and identify contacts.
Its spread to Haut-Uele means the DRC’s entire northeast, home to about 15 million people, is now affected.
The conflict-hit province of Ituri is the epicentre of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, its 17th, which started in May.
In many cases, the virus has spread at funerals, where the highly infectious bodies of Ebola victims are handled.
For weeks, aid workers, facing mistrust among local communities, have struggled to plan safe burials in affected areas to prevent contact with the dead.
In the DRC, funerals often last several days, during which family members and friends touch the body of the deceased.
Reporting from a treatment centre in Rwampara in Ituri province, Al Jazeera’s Catherine Wambua-Soi said health workers often lack sufficient equipment.
“These centres have been attacked several times. Last month, tents here were set on fire by an angry mob. Some Congolese still distrust those trying to help,” she said.
“They need more of everything: protective gear, medicines, rapid test kits … and body bags.”
On Saturday, the government issued a ban on public gatherings in four provinces, including the country’s capital, Kinshasa, as it continues to battle the spread of the outbreak.
That order was issued before a planned protest in Kinshasa on July 8 against constitutional reform, and opposition figures have called the ban “politically motivated.”
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A suspect is in custody after six people were shot and killed Monday at a youth welfare facility in northern Germany, officials said.
The shooting happened around midday in Stade, a town of about 50,000 people near Hamburg. Authorities said the victims — four women and two men — all worked at the youth center or affiliated organizations. Five were pronounced dead at the scene, while a sixth died later at a hospital, according to The Associated Press, citing authorities.
Several others were wounded in the shooting, which may have been tied to a child custody dispute, the outlet reported.
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The shooting happened around midday in Stade, a town of about 50,000 people near Hamburg. (News5/Reuters)
Police said the shooting happened at a facility on Dankersstrasse that houses pregnant women and young mothers with children, according to The Associated Press.
The suspect, a 45-year-old man, had an appointment at the facility earlier in the day before the shooting unfolded around midday. His 3-month-old daughter and the child’s mother were safe, Reuters reported.
The suspected gunman was arrested. Police said two others were also subject to police measures on suspicion of involvement but did not provide additional details, according to The Associated Press.
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Authorities said the victims — four women and two men — all worked at the youth center or affiliated organizations. (News5/Reuters)
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “deeply shocked” by the violence at a place meant to protect women and children.
“The horrific act of violence in Stade claimed the lives of six people today. I am deeply shaken by the extent of the violence in a place that is meant to provide protection,” Steinmeier said.
“My condolences go to the families of the dead and injured, who must endure so much pain. My thanks go to all first responders and doctors.”
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Police warned people to avoid the area after the shooting but later said there was no danger to the public. (News5/Reuters)
Police warned people to avoid the area after the shooting but later said there was no danger to the public. Investigators were still collecting evidence Monday evening, Reuters reported.
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Mass shootings in Germany are rare.
Earlier this year, a car plowed into a pedestrian zone in Leipzig, Germany, killing two people and leaving several others seriously injured.
Stade Police could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
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