, countries to stop i asked all countries to stop casting votes in favour of the un's co nsta nt casting votes in favour of the un's constant and shameful fixation on israel. applause exactly three years, three months and three weeks after the liberation of auschwitz, the jewish and three weeks after the liberation of auschwitz, thejewish people realised their 2000 year old dream and founded thejewish state of israel. if for no other reason than the fact that not a single country on earth would take injewish refugees when they begged for their lives. that's why the jewish refugees when they begged for their lives. that's why thejewish people need israel. 75 years ago, the jewish people left auschwitz. they

fled europe. they were forced out of every country in the middle east and instead of living in refugee camps and turning to terror, they built a vibrant democracy in a place where democracy does not exist. they have created miracle after miracle while having to defend their existence every single day. no other country on earth has had to do this and, for this, the un, somejournalists, even some government leaders, constantly condemn it but it's even worse. israel has been singled out over and over again with the same lies that we heard about the jewish over again with the same lies that we heard about thejewish people over again with the same lies that we heard about the jewish people for centuries. 0ver we heard about the jewish people for centuries. over the last seven years alone, the united nations general assembly has adopted 202 resolutions

condemning countries around the world. of those 202 resolutions, israel was condemned 163 times and the rest of the world only 39. 163 against israel, 39 for the rest of the world. we all know these votes are absurd. the un ignores true evil dictatorships that kill millions of their own people, as clear as day, that this kind of ante zionism is nothing but anti—semitism. —— anti—zionism. i realise that he read auschwitz, you are surrounded by the numbers, 75 years, 1933, 1938, 6

million, but there is one number that still shocks us while breaking oui’ that still shocks us while breaking our hearts at the same time. 1,500,000, that's the number of jewish children, 1.5 million, who died in the holocaust. it's so painful, we try not to think about it. it just hurts painful, we try not to think about it. itjust hurts too much. had these 1.5 million children been allowed to live like other children around the world, they would now be in their 70s around the world, they would now be in their70s and around the world, they would now be in their 70s and 805, they around the world, they would now be in their 705 and 805, they would have been educated, they would have married, they would have had children of their own. such a loss. but something else as well. what could these 1.5 million children have created for us all? what symphonies, what great literature,

what technology, what medical breakthroughs did we lose from these lost souls? there is one more part of the auschwitz story that no one ever talks about, when the survivors we re ever talks about, when the survivors were liberated from this nazi nightmare, they never sought revenge, they lost their mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, into many cases they their wives and their children —— in too many cases. in spite of this, not one german was killed in retribution by ajew, not one. think about that for a moment. after everything that happened to them, these jewish after everything that happened to them, thesejewish survivors walked out these gates and went on to build new lives, raise new families, work ha rd new lives, raise new families, work hard and create. some have grandchildren here today and it's shameful that 75 years later, they

110w shameful that 75 years later, they now see that their grandchildren faced the same hatred, the same hatred again. this is a shame and must never be tolerated. applause in the end, after all these numbers, 1.5 billion children, 6 million jews, these numbers are too hard to comprehend so let me leave you with one last story. it comes from the argument trial —— eichman trial in 1961 where witness after witness described their experience here at auschwitz but there was one man who stood out

because he spoke in unusually not emotional tones. he described arriving on this platform right here with his wife and little daughter. they were headed out of the cattle ca i’s they were headed out of the cattle cars and stood in line for the selection. right over there, a doctor would i sign who would go to the right to work and you go to the left for examination —— would assign. this man was separated from his wife and daughter at that moment. and they were pushed away. 0n the witness stand, he said, "there were so many people i didn't know how i could keep my eye on

them," but his little girl wore a red coat and he was able to watch the little red coat until it got smaller and smaller and then he couldn't see it any more. the young israeli prosecutor gabriel bach was standing at his chair when the man finished like this. he stood there silently. thejudge finished like this. he stood there silently. the judge asked finished like this. he stood there silently. thejudge asked bach finished like this. he stood there silently. the judge asked bach to continue, but he stood there. again, thejudge told bach continue, but he stood there. again, the judge told bach to continue and again hejust the judge told bach to continue and again he just stood there silently yea rs again he just stood there silently years later, bach explained that, as fate would have it, he and his wife

had just but their three—year—old daughter a little red coat and he said to this day if he goes to a sports stadium or restaurant orjust walking down the street injerusalem and he sees a girl in a little red coat, his throat will tense and he cannot speak. frankly, after this story, whenever i see a red coat on a little girl, i think the same thing. this is the legacy of auschwitz that will never go away. for everyjewish person and non—religious—mac person in this audience who leaves these gates today, when we hear something that

is anti—semitic or talking about israel unjustly, when jews is anti—semitic or talking about israel unjustly, whenjews and attacked in our streets, do not be silent, do not be indifferent, do not just silent, do not be indifferent, do notjust do this for thejewish people around the world, do this for your children, do this for your grandchildren, but also do this for the little girl who, in her red coat, whose ashes lay 300 metres away, along with 1 coat, whose ashes lay 300 metres away, along with1 million other tortured souls. they are watching us today and they cry out in one shattering chorus, do not be silent, do not be complacent, do not let this ever happen again to any

people. thank you. applause translation: ladies and gentlemen, we would like to show you a video. 0bjects. we would like to show you a video. objects. they were just like us. and this video has been prepared for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the former german nazi concentration and extermination camp, auschwitz.

0cean ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give the floor to the steward of the memorial. translation: it has been 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz. we have among us today over 200 people who experienced this hell. hell that we cannot even imagine. thank you so very much. what you have been saying through all those 75 years, what you said back in the camp, was never again. 75 years, what you said back in the camp, was neveragain. not 75 years, what you said back in the camp, was never again. not for yourself, but for us. our children

and grandchildren. we built this post—war world on your experience so we do owe you something. we all do. the world was meant to be different. united nations was to be the guarantor of peace. crimes against humanity were to be always prosecuted. international cooperation and interdependence were intended to deter conflict. humanism was supposed to bring people of faith together. . from almost every corner of the world today we can see the increase of xenophobia, racism

and anti—semitism. in darkness, there insurgents of populism and ideologies of contempt and hatred and we are becoming increasingly indifferent, can find within ourselves, pathetic, passive. we do not see and we cannot see, we do not talk, we do not want to talk. the majority were silent when the syrians drowned. in silence, we turned our backs on the congolese. we practically did not utter a word when the rohingya were murdered yea rs when the rohingya were murdered years ago and today in silence we conceal the tragic fate of the holocaust. silence after the

holocaust. silence after the holocaust is inhuman and never again will it be human. the silence today is our greatest disaster, our self dehumanisation, yes, that is correct, self dehumanisation. the righteous among the nations did not click on likes, they were not known for writing protest songs or signing online petitions. they performed boundless good in dramatic conditions, rescuing concrete individuals, but that is the only reason that they saved their face and their dignity and how do we in oui’ and their dignity and how do we in our cultural memory compared ourselves to them today? worse than

forgetting is a memory that does not bring concern within us. it is then, 75 years after auschwitz, it is in fa ct 75 years after auschwitz, it is in fact in memory that we must search for sources for our responsibility today. meanwhile, in our memories, we often only seek short lived emotions without consequence. how can one say never again while looking into the eyes of thejews attacked on the streets, to the roma being humiliated, people persecuted, the starving, the murdered, the hundreds of thousands of people incarcerated in various camps? the

man murdered here in auschwitz when he wrote, shortly before the revolt, we have a dark premonition because we have a dark premonition because we know. we also know and feel what has become of our world, where and why did we squander our basic fundamental values? where is our own individual responsibility, the responsibility of each and every single one of us? when will auschwitz become a reality that has been overcome and liberated? in the very essence of this cry, never again, the liberation of auschwitz continues today right here, right now, every day.

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translation: distinguished ladies and gentlemen, may i invite you to prayer. let's pray togetherfor those murdered in auschwitz, those who feel they can do it standing, please let's stand up.

translation: may i now ask a survivor of auschwitz to pray.

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prayer continues

please join pleasejoin me, please join me, those pleasejoin me, those who can. he recites prayer