Historians and academics calculate that some one million people were killed and died in Auschwitz and Birkenan. Most of them were Jewish but there were also German anti-fascists, Polish, Russians, gipsies, gays.
Several activities are taking place to mark the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.
The concentration camp in Poland was adapted by the Nazi regime in 1940 as part of what they called “final solution” to exterminate the Jewish population in Europe. The concentration camp was active until 27 January 1945 when it was liberated by Soviet troops during their offensive on the city of Berlin.
Historians and academics calculate that some one million people were killed and died in Auschwitz and Birkenau. Most of them were Jewish but there were also German anti-fascists, Polish, Russians, gypsies, gays.
The lager was designed for a mass extermination, efficient and systematic, and was declared Humanity Heritage by UNESCO and today is a moving memorial-museum of 400 hectares visited every year by over a million people.
Clearly beside the historic commemoration of the liberation of the lager, the date should really be a permanent memory to people and especially the European people, of the possible and terrible consequences some racist and xenophobic discourses may lead to. Especially today, when so many countries are witnessing such a surge of the extreme right discourse.
