and let us live from the dw studios this is world news. >> our top stories. survivors and political leaders marks the 70 anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. >> the iu finance minister shrugged off the idea of the crippling debt crisis. slice 10 years later a new inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko. >> honoring the victims and valley never to forget. >> it is international holocaust remembrance day. it is the

seventh and anniversary -- it is the 70 anniversary. >> hundreds of survivors and world leaders gathered in poland for commemorations. >> they are symbols of horrors of the holocaust. the main gates, the real tracts that carry one million people to their deaths. the president presided over the ceremony. >> we are here at the place where our civilization was destroyed. a plan was implemented that robbed people of their dignity and a place where the national socialists establish a factory of death. people were reduced to tattooed numbers. >> political leaders from 40 countries attended.

survivors. many were wearing white and blue scarves symbolizing the uniforms they were forced to wear. >> i don't want to forget, even if that were possible. those memories are the only way to be together again with my loved ones and feel their presence. i don't have photographs of them. those years are inside me forever. >> casimir zogby was one of the first taken. he was 17 years old. >> when we arrived, the ss guard shouted any resistance or attempt to escape will be punishable by death. the only way out is through the chimneys of the crematorium.

>> 70 years after the liberation of auschwitz, those who survived say the atrocities should never be forgotten. >> dw peter craven was attending the ceremony. he told us about what he heard their -- heard there. >> the ceremonies have been taking place today. you can see some of the barracks from the camp still illuminated. it has been a remarkable day. we've had testimony from three survivors. they have been the heart of what we have seen today. other survivors actually in tears, weeping. the message was clear from all three survivors. it was especially in light of the holocaust experience.

more recent events, such as the french capital in paris, never stand idly by when industrious -- injustice is being perpetrated. never be a bystander. >> the history is challenging especially with auschwitz where the nazis tried to cover up. >> enough evidence emerged eyewitness accounts, film footage, and photos. >> auschwitz. the name is synonymous with a murderous ideology. in this place, one billion people -- one million people were killed. they were shipped from all over. women, men, the elderly. children. most victims were jews. but roma and homosexuals were

also included. as the trains arrived one of two faiths awaited. slave labor or gas chambers. joseph mingle it decided who lived in who. . some of the prisoners were singled out for use as guinea pigs in medical experiments. the healthiest were put to work to help the not see war machine. -- nazi warmish sheen. war machine. suitcases, clothing, shoes. the belongings of nameless victims. auschwitz, the monument to humanity's capacity for evil, an

atrocity that should never be forgotten. >> auschwitz and others, these places are synonymous with the atrocities of the holocaust. in the waning days of world war ii, allied forces who liberated the camps came face-to-face with untold human suffering. >> britain documented the misery to ensure germany could never denied the crimes against humanity. the films were shelved but the footage has been refurbished and cut into a documentary called night will fall. >> some pictures are extremely pdisturbing. >> when british forces captured it in 1945, they had no idea what horrors lay behind the camp walls. once they came to light, a handful of soldiers received cameras to docment what they saw.

decades later andre singer have the opportunity to view the material. modern technology has made the images and the message that much more powerful. >> now it has been digitized from the original. it is almost a different film. it is so stark and clear. when you see for the first time it is a shock. >> dead prisoners stacked in heaps. soldiers took close-ups of victim faces. showing such images at the time was taboo. singer argues the intent was to show these crimes in unflinching detail. a special film division was created with orders to force

german civilians to confront the holocaust. alfred hitchcock oversaw the document terry editing. -- documentary editing. he widened its scope using russian and american footage. it included ron material from austerlitz. -- austerlitz. >> we defeated the germans. germany is no longer the enemy. the soviets are the enemy. >> to keep west germany as an ally the decision was made not to humiliate the german people. the material disappeared into archives. 70 years later night will fall brings the horrific images to the public to ensure that the horrors of the holocaust are not forgotten. >> for more we're joined with

melinda crane. there are some brutal images they are. amazing they were not shown until now. >> these particular lines images like this definitely were shown. they formed a process called d e-nazification. this is your guilt. you did this. those were shown to germans to equate them with the facts that they claimed not to have known about and to say this is your responsibility, this is something you must know and must never forget so that it cannot happen again. that process was stopped early on. but it was picked up later after the auschwitz trials and called confronting the past, a process of trying to make sure germans

do not forget that their country perpetrated these crimes they are part of german history. >> the remember the past to keep it from happening again, that was part of the ceremony today. >> it was a central message. the german president said auschwitz is part of our identity. it is our history. we cannot forget it. he drew the link to the rising intolerance we see in germany and demonstrations in the east, and in much of europe, anti-semitism. we have to remember what happened here to make sure that it does not recur within that context. we heard in the ceremony from the problem team president referring to a generation gap that many say it is try to draw a line under this, saying we don't hold the young germans responsible, but we are all responsible for remembering that our nation perpetrated them.

we were part of the process. only five remembering kamman make sure that the -- only by remembering that can we make sure the past is not repeat. >> thank you. >> melinda told us the president of germany's parliament said to germans today do not share the responsibility but do have the responsibility of remembering the past. >> german politicians reminding germans of their responsibility to be open and tolerant towards people seeking refuge. >> the ceremony, nina caught up with norman. >> i'm joined by the president of the german parliament. in your speech in this ceremony, you mentioned one of the last

surviving holocaust survivors who attended the ceremony, you mentioned the fact that the era of time and eyewitnesses of the time is coming to an end. what does that mean for germany and how we come to terms with how we remember? >> unavoidably it means that we cannot rely on those people in the coming years. if we regard this commemoration being substantial for our identity, of our understanding of the national responsibility i a global world, we have to organize it in another way. as we have mentioned he did not only participate in the ceremony this morning, he participated in the meeting of 18 young people from different countries, been invited by the germans, spending half a week with this particular

issue. it was for him and for me, and the president of the state there encouraging experience, hearing those young people talking on this issue. >> nevertheless there was a study that caused some stir. it found almost 60% of germans would like the whole issue to be consigned to history. they say it is time to move on. do you find this shocking? >> not really. it is always nice to move on. it is natural that being asked most people probably would answer concentrate more on the future that on the past. in my understanding, this is nearly always true. there is one particular difference as far as germany is concerned. we can never concentrate on our

future without it being a wear of our past. >> many speakers said that germany especially has to face up to the ai ir responsibility. what does that mean concretely? >> this is the daily procedure of parliament and the government , with actual challenges, and the ceremony which we had this morning cannot compensate for those operative politics. but he can help to concentrate on that kind of responsibility, which we have. >> thank you. the president of the german bundestag.

>> we are taking a short break. we'll be back after a minute. don't go anywhere. >> icon of the fashion world. what do we really know about the man behind the dark shades? what motivates him? how does he feel? private moments in the life of a

fashion designer. when the science -- renaissance man. >> welcome back. we return to libya. nine people have been killed in an attack in the capital of tripoli. >> a gunman stormed a hotel. a standup with security forces they blew themselves up. libya is suffering from an ongoing power struggle between rival groups. >> barack obama has visited saudi arabia to pay respects following the death of king abdulla. he cut short his visit to india after hearing of the passing. >> the two leaders spoke about a variety of issues including security, energy, and human rights.

the white house has defended its relationship with saudi arabia despite their questionable human rights record. >> the grease prime minister is wasting no time. after being sworn into office prime minister tsipras has introduced his cabinet. >> he was elected on an anti-austerity platform. many will be looking to the finance minister to deliver on the campaign promise of renegotiating the bailout agreements. >> the clock is ticking and athens. the bailout deal will expire. fresh negotiations loomed. the new prime minister moved swiftly to a point point. he says he wants to reform the eurozone system from within.

many grains are hopeful the government can deliver change. >> at least his people are young faces that have not been mentioned in any corruption issues. >> i don't think it will go out from the european union. i don't know what, good or bad, something will change. >> greece's eurozone partners have thrown cold water on the idea of debt forgiveness. they expect greece to stick to its reform agenda. top euro zone officials are set to travel to athens friday to hold talks with the new greek government. >> the athens stock exchange that following the news of anti-austerity finance minister.

more from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the dax did not reach another record high. that is news from the frankfurt stock market. the dax in the past couple of days reached one record high after another. there did not seem to be an end to it. people are taking a breather. there is profit taking involved. the dax lost some gains that it had accrued in the past days. there was reason for some profit taking. siemens, the share diving downwards after it became known the profit in the last quarter went down quite sharply. greece is not a reason though. there is skepticism about the situation but no fear of a new euro crisis because of it. >> let's take a look at tuesday's market numbers.

in germany the dax lost more than 1.5% to close at 10,628. across the atlantic on wall street the dow jones industrial also in negative territory at the moment. only the euro, slightly recovering for $1.13. britain has offered a public inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko. he died of radiation poisoning in london eight years ago. >> before dying he accused the russian president vladimir of ordering his killing.+ he became ill at the millennium hotel after drinking tea with 2 russians. moscow houston nied -- moscow house as denied responsibility.

>> i asked if there were any surprises on day one. >> the nuclear attacks on the streets of london, and the polonium that leads across europe, it is worthy of a thriller. there was evidence presented during this inquiry, this was announced by the chairman, who alleges one of the main suspects called him in hamburg in germany and asked whether he knew of a cook who could poison a traitor. this witness will be presented not to the public but will be presented to the inquiry. promises to be fascinating. >> why has it taken that nine years for this to get started? is there any chance we will see justice? >> thel not be extradited to the u.k.

that seems to be certain because russia has resisted to extradite them. they cannot be charged. the window of alexander litvinenko has not given up. she has fought long for this public inquiry. she warns what she says the truth to emerge. she is critical of the russian government. in the words of her lawyer, vladimir putin is a criminal dressed as a head of state. this could be explosive. >> strong words there. thank you for joining us from london. >> 7.5 billion u.s. dollars is how much the german government was hoping to raise at a meeting in berlin to mobilize funds for a global immunization program. >> despite the weak euro the event was a success and pledges ended exceeding. massive action -- mass

evacuations -- mass vaccinations are important. >> this man has polio. vaccines have all but eradicated polio in the rest the world. in the next five years, and international alliance aims to immunize more children in developing nations. it has deadly but preventable diseases like polio measles in its sides. the program could save 6 million lives. germany has pledged 600 million euros, which was set up by one of the world's richest men, bill gates. he funds it with the support of other donors. >> this is a dramatic increase. it is a hugely generous amount of money.

germany and canada are the two that have increased so much. that is key to our ambition. >> this shows health is a cornerstone of german developed policy and the g-7 presidency. alongside efforts to eradicate hunger and strengthen education. >> germany would support international efforts to set up a rapid response team to react in the event of outbreaks of other diseases like ebola in west africa. >> a massive snowstorm that was expected to slam into the east coast has been milder than expected for many. >> the weather cause disruptions to people in the region. thousands of flights were canceled. schools and businesses were closed. driving bans were imposed in new york and new jersey. it will continue into wednesday morning local time. >> some sports news.

the double semi finals at the australian open in melbourne the pair beat kiki burton and larson. >> the men's singles, rockdale nadal is out. tomas berdych he lost totomas berdych -- he lost to tomas berdych of the czech republic. >> they raced to a two set lead. nadal had no answer. with his uncle and coach looking on, nadal rallied forcing a tie-break. tomas berdych kept his nerve. it was his first victory against

nadal in eight years. he is now booked a clash with andy murray. the scotsman in black is in the final four at the australian open for the fifth consecutive time. that is after he beat the home favorite in straight sets. >> away from tennis, australia is currently hosting the soccer asian cup. >> they struck early in newcastle stadium three minutes into the match. 11 minutes later there was a gold scramble for davidson fired off. they face south korea on saturday. >> recapping our top story commemorations taking place at the side of the former nazi

death concentration camp of auschwitz. >> 300 survivors took part along with heads of state from 40 countries. they offered personal accounts and warned of anti-semitism in europe. >> that is all for this edition of the journal. thank you for watching. ♪

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