The monarch will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp for the first time to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation, becoming the first British monarch to take part in such events.
King Charles III will join commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz) in Poland.
According to the official website of Buckingham Palace, the monarch will take part in the service at the museum and memorial, and will also meet with representatives of the local community in Krakow and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
In the past, as patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Foundation, the king organized the event at Buckingham Palace. It highlighted initiatives aimed at preserving the memories of Holocaust survivors. Among the guests was 94-year-old Manfred Goldberg, who spent several years in concentration camps, including near Gdansk.
This is Charles III’s fifth visit to Poland, but the first time a British monarch has visited a concentration camp. In 2020, his wife Camilla took part in the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, but she is not yet queen. The late Queen Elizabeth II also once visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany during a memorial event in 2015.
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