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. where the cries and the prayers of so many desperate women permeated my soul and haunt me

to this day. world leaders and european royalty mark the end of the ceremony by lighting candles at an empty train car, which was once used to carry people to the camp. and i'm sarah campbell. also coming up on the world today... as tens of thousands of palestinians move to the north of the gaza strip, there is official confirmation that eight of the israeli hostages yet to be released as part of the ceasefire deal are dead. hello, i'm lucy hockings, at the auschwitz—birkenau concentration and extermination camp — where we have just watched the most sombre and poignant ceremony. holocaust survivors — some of them very frail —

have beenjoined by european leaders and royalty to mark the 80th anniversary of the camps liberation. music plays it began with the haunting sound of lament, composed byjames simon, ajewish—german composer who was killed at auschwitz. it's how the ceremony began today. some of those survivors, many in their late—80s and 90s spoke at the eventjust a few kilometres away from here. about 50 of them travelled from all over the world, a few of them were selected to speak. you can see those sitting and listening quietly, what they

have wrapped around their necks. striped scarves in a nod to the clothes worn by the prisoners in the camp before the liberation. these pictures give you a sense of the scale of this place, it was called a metropolis of death by some. auschwitz—birkenau was the largest of the extermination camps and has become a symbol of nazi germany's genocide of six million jews. 1millionjews and more than 100,000 non—jews died at the site between 1940—1945. catch a idler has been watching events unfold here today. a moment of silence for all those who perished.

survivors with their families alongside royals and other visiting dignitaries — all in this huge tent and the remains of auschwitz death camp, specially designed here to remind everyone what it was like to arrive in crowded cattle trucks, like hundreds of thousands ofjews from all over europe then condemned to the gas chambers. i represent the children. very few of us are left. from my town, four children survived. we are also here to proclaim and to pledge that we will never, never, everallow history to repeat itself. 80 years ago, russian and ukrainian soldiers fought side—by—side to liberate auschwitz. vladimir putin wasn't invited here today, though, because of his invasion of president

zelensky�*s country. the europe we live in now is fractured, full of friction. translation: i urge all people of goodwill, and especially - i ask of the young people, be sensitive to all

in the meantime, on this side, in perfectly—tended gardens, he played hide—and—seek with his five beloved children. hoss was a human being, a husband and a father. the kind we're seeing increasingly on social media

and in politics now. that's why holocaust survivor mala tribich spends so much time in schools. and we've seen what hitler did and what it resulted in. a sheet of information. there's always i struggle in there's always struggle in - what's there's always i struggle in - what's right, - if. there's always i struggle in| - what's right, - if it's gigging s'ghat's; rights; �*e-u�* if it's: ,,,,,,.7, i’i l ht easing s-ghat's: right. but if it's: ,,,,,,_, ri-ht thin. easing s-ghat's: right. but if it's: ,,,,,,_, i’ilht thin- to jigging whet: right; �*e-ei? if it's: - right thing to do, you the right thing to do, you should _ the right thing to do, you should definitely- the right thing to do, you should definitely go - the right thing to do, you should definitely go for. the right thing to do, youi should definitely go for it. here in auschwitz, mala was carrying a great holocaust survivors

at today's commemorations. important for me to be here. is seen as particularly significant, possibly the last big anniversary most of these eyewitnesses will be alive to remind us what we need to remember and warn us what we're already in danger of forgetting. katya adler, bbc news, auschwitz. the only the only the ( of! the ( of state we heard from head of state we heard from today was the polish president, today was the polish president, spoke 7 spoke first 7 who spoke first thing this spoke first this 7 morning. today was really about was w 7”??? ”wasreally if”, v w 7” wv h ilyas really about 7 v survivors, were the survivors, they were the of j of these 5 of these events. focus of these events.

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