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so, my grandfather was a survivor — his four sisters, his mum, _ and eventually, when he began. to tell me the story of the shoah, i of the holocaust, like all of us, i i became a witness to his story — and that's what this day means. today, we commemorate the 80th anniversary - that's the end of the story, that we start years before i at the beginning, remembering how that society — _ up building that dark- place and murdering men,

candles were here today, attempt to bring light is darkness, luty. where there is darkness, lucy. thank you. the words of samantha, thank you. the words of friedman who heard earlier, survivor of come will survivo us come will survivo us for come will survivo usforsome come will survivo us for some time. 5 will survivo us for some time. she rill stay with us for some time. she of transforming world into spoke of transforming the world into a more sane place but the time is and the task is great. some 5 today. music 0n on an icy, windy day, stood and watched helplessly girls 15555555 55l5l555l§ 55 li§§l5 $755 the 15555555 55l5l555l§t 55 li§§l5 $755 the nearby barrick were from the nearby barrick were marched

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i'm lucy hockings, at the auschwitz—birkenau concentration and exterminaton camp. this is bbc news. survivors of this death camp lead commemorations to remember the millions of men women and children who were killed during the holocaust.