Zelensky took part in events by the 80th anniversary of Aushwitz’s release

In Poland, President Vladimir Zelensky, along with the leaders of the world and former Nazi concentration camps, Aushvitz-Birkenau, took part in events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of his release. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian State head of Monday, January 27.

The festival ceremony took place on the territory of the State Museum of Aushvitz-Birkenau in Poland City of Auschwitz. It was attended by chapters and representatives of the 60 states and international organizations.

The event was also attended by 50 former prisoners, who, despite torture, survived one of Nazi’s largest death camps.

“Today, with the world, Ukraine honors the memory of Holocaust victims and condemned Nazism.

The crimes committed by the Nazis against the people in the territory of the current museum’s currently recalled, in particular, a cargo car, in which SS doctors chose the imposed Jews and sent most of them to Gas rooms.

During World War II, more than one million people were killed in the Nazi concentration camp of Aushvitz -Birkenau, most of them Jews. His release occurred on January 27, 1945. The doors of the main camp were opened by soldiers of the 100th Lviv Division of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

60 years after the release of the UN General Assembly Camp, the UN General Assembly established the specific date of the International Day of Memory by Holocaust victims.

Remember that on the morning of January 27, Zelensky honored the memory of Holocaust victims. The President placed the lamp on the minor memorial signing the territory of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve Babi Yar in Kyiv.