Credit: Phelia Barouh
Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF), led a delegation of 200 survivors to the site of the former German Nazi death camp on 27 January 2020 to mark 75 years since its liberation, and delivered a keynote address ringing the alarm bell on the rise of antisemitism, and appealing to world leaders to advance Holocaust education.
The WJC organized a number of events in Poland to mark the 75th anniversary commemoration, including a guided delegation tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau and a memorial service at Crematoria IV, Birkenau, with remarks delivered by WJC General Counsel and Associate Executive Vice President Menachem Z. Rosensaft and the El Maleh Rachamim prayer for the departed chanted by Reuven Rennert of the WJC JD Corps. The WJC also held four notable panel discussions over the course of the event.
The in-depth discussion on the Transmission of Memory, on 26 January, featured Ambassador Colette Avital of the WJC-Israel Board, Judit Illes of the WJC JD Corps, Adam Lewkovitz of the WJC JD Corps, and Meir Linzen of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurors.
Marking 75 Years Since The Liberation of Auschwitz | WJC Panel Discussions
WATCH | WJC Panel Discussion on Preserving Holocaust Memory
WATCH | Mordecai Paldiel's testimony from Auschwitz-Birkenau
WATCH | Memorial Service at Crematorium IV,
WATCH | WJC Panel Discussion on Holocaust Denial, Distortion & Trivialization
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