germany both the federal and the regional governments will be donating 60000000 euros to the auschwitz foundation so that's one of the key elements why angry merkel is here and why this visit is also so important auschwitz birkenau is of course a testament to the horrors of the past and also a major tourist attraction today and as our next report shows there are efforts underway to conserve decides. what sets you free the nazis notorious slogan looms above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial. horus were committed here. now it has become an important tourist destination for visitors from around the well it's over the past 10 years visited numbers have doubled more than 2000000 people now visit auschwitz every year. it's very moving through hard not to cry and we fear on t.v. on freedom's many many times by the 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person that's pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving greek people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we are paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itse

form of polish foreign minister where to shove but he who himself was imprisoned in auschwitz initiated the foundation of the auschwitz birkenau foundation to me is to see even to ski on i would like to thank you and all those who've worked in this foundation have dedicated themselves to preserving this memorial and this center for documentation and i think all those who have participated in the project of restoration and conservation you and i have shown great engagement and you're working hard to make sure that this place continues to bear witness brick barracks were repaired and reinforced so as to preserve them for the future excavation where it was carried out support will step in its erected tents but set up clothes and positions the few belongings of the victims will be stored in prison and. the conservation work and the putative plans of course require much more full foundation coverage can capital for the next 25 years and germany will make a substantial contribution we took a decision yesterday together with the minister presidents of the various federal end of germany thanks to the efforts

federal on from regional governments to preserve this place those $60000000.00 will go to the auschwitz foundation which was built founded 10 years ago that's also one of the official reasons why angle of a call is here and we can listen in to a piece which explains a bit more what all this is about what those 60000000 will actually do to out it's birkenau. what sets you free the nazis and the tourist slogan looms above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial. horace were committed here now it has become an important tourist destination for visitors from around the well it's over the past 10 years visited numbers have doubled more than 2000000 people now visit auschwitz every year. it's very moving through hard not to cry and we all feel on t.v. on freedom's many many times by the 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person that's pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving greet people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we are paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names and films

to all of you who are attending the ceremony as marking of the 10th anniversary of the auschwitz birkenau foundation i congratulate and express my appreciation for its management as as well as to all people and institutions who participate in and support the foundation thank you for fulfilling your mission to preserve for future generations this shocking place of execution and remembrance of over a 1000000 victims of the german nazi concentration and extermination camp and. the recent celebrations of the 8 years and of those surreal the outbreak of the 2nd world war i reminded all humanity of the destruction of independent poland by the nazis 3rd reich. the germans who brought death factories to the occupied lands and built an unknown before x. to mation machines. and now. is the symbol of this organized genocide. jews were mother to take as well as poles romancing. so we've been able to help use this land these walls are permeated with fear shouting tears and bloods of mass murdered people means that this place will forever be a warning to all generations of the crimes that a person poses to hatred

i'm going to police here right now because the camp is clean waiting 10 years since the foundation of the auschwitz birkenau foundation the foundation that has to deal with the restoration of the site and i'm going to michael has already announced that germany both the federal government and regional governments will be donating $60000000.00 to that foundation tom we have mentioned the president how have other politicians dealt with its. this is the 3rd german chancellor as i said to visit auschwitz the 1st german chancellor helmut schmidt in 1977 he gave a very important speech right here and that was followed by helmut kohl who came here 989-1995 so it's nearly 25 years he's a german chancellor has visited this site and as such it is a visit that is being described as one of historical dimensions one that will be also i realized later and one that will be also compared to those of the previous chancellor helmut schmidt and he would call our correspondent thomas. the more memorial site of auschwitz and this. u.s. president on the trump is the daring the democrats in the house of representatives to

it comes at a time where the auschwitz memorial foundation is celebrating its 10th anniversary.nd angela merkel came with that announcement that the german government will give 60 million euros for the foundation. so a long overdue visit but i last this happened. helena: that was one facet of the visit. but it also comes at a time when anti-semitism is on the rise in germany. she touched on that, dingy -- didn't she? >> she talked about that. and one survivor of auschwitz had said this has happened, therefore it can happen again. that was very much in that spirit that angela merkel warns against the rise of anti-semitism. she said auschwitz teaches us that we cannot turn a blind eye to those who are persecuted today, at a time of rising anti-semitism and increased attacks on liberal democracy. here in germany, indeed, we see the rise of anti-semitism. we saw a few weeks ago and attack were two people were killed in front of a synagogue in an anti-semitic attack. definitely, the present was very much here today. helena: and it is a most hard to fathom. because the horrors of the

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government to the foundation that maintains the former death camp on the foundation works to explain what took place at auschwitz in order to prevent it from ever happening again. what sets you free the nazis notorious slogan live above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial. horris were committed here now it has become an important tourist destination for visitors from the around the well it's over the past 10 years visited numbers have doubled more than 2000000 people now visit auschwitz every year. it's very moving it's very hard not to cry and we'll see on t.v. on freedom's many many times by the 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person it's pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving great people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we are paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names and things like that and to small attention to what was really important so where it all came from. the memorial site is set to add a new exhibition rooms to accommodate all the visitors pavel's to vicki says t

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auschwitz death camp on friday the site was the no. artie's knowledge is death count during the 2nd world war now on paper i visit mark the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving the memorial but the timing what is more significant than that almost 75 years off the liberation of auschwitz today far right and peace sit in the german parliament anti semitic offenses are the highest level in a decade and a matter of months ago the government attempted a mass murder of jews in the german city hardly a surprise then that in her address the chancellor stressed that preserving the memory of holocaust victims was not up for negotiation. it's almost meet day when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz former concentration and extermination camps the murder machine. by 945 as many as 1500000 people had been killed here by the nazis silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister. at this wall the germans shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked t

officially she was at auschwitz today to mark the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the organisationrticularly at a time almost 75 yea rs particularly at a time almost 75 years after the death camp was liberated when in germany and across europe we are starting to see more insta nces europe we are starting to see more instances of anti—semitism, nationalism and, as she herself has said today, racism and intolerance beginning to grow. she has said that it was difficult as a german chancellor to find the words, to know what to say. when we look at what she eventually did say, you can pick up several particular parts. she herself acknowledged the deep shame she felt in what she described as the face of the barbaric crimes committed by germans, crimes which will beyond the boundaries of what we would consider it imaginable. there were a number of survivors sitting in front of her as she spoke. she was very grateful to them, she said, because it is their testimony, they're reliving again and again of their ordeal at the hands of the nazis which means that young people today are still able

visit to the former auschwitz death camp the site in poland was the nazi's largest death camp during the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit mock the 10th anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed there. it's almost midday when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other auschwitz former concentration and extermination camp the murder machine. by 945 more than a 1000000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister this is the place where the german shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked through this gate beneath the sign with the cynical slogan work sets you free a survivor bill of course the cruelty he experienced as a child at the hands of the germans tells michael how much these prisoners yearned to be free. and get a good old courtroom since the beginning since august 1944 when i 1st arrived we were asking

auschwitz birkenau memorial in poland lighted today it's the site of the nazis largest death camp during the 2nd world war now will be attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of a foundation that funds conservation efforts a report that visited the memorial head of the chancellor's visit. for many people this sign is a good photo op it translates to work sets you free the nazis inhumane slogan looms above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial the horror of the past is the tourist attraction of today visitors from around the world come here over the past 10 years the number of guests has doubled over the past 20 years it has quintupled now there are more than 2000000 visitors a year breaking to see how cruel people can be and it's very moving very hard not to cry and we see on t.v. on freedoms many many times 1st time that you see the 1st time in person that's pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving greet people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we were paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names things like that and to small attention to what was really

visit to the former auschwitz the death count the site in poland was the nazis not just that come during the 2nd place. i'm going back to visit marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation tasked with preserving the memorial to pay tribute to the victims of the count and spoke of the need to remember the atrocities committed there. identify the peca trait has and to commemorate victims in a dignified manner that is our enduring responsibility it is not open to negotiation and it is a need to quote hot and with the effort be an integral part of our country acknowledging that crisp on civility is an integral part of our national identity i was 7 perception as an enlightened innkeeper society as a democracy where rule of flow rate moves don't you correspondent thomas spar was the setting for me i'm sentence his impressions of the chimes of the speech that speech that i'm going to merkel gave right here in birkenau she stressed germany's historical responsibility she stressed how that historical responsibility is a fundamental part of germany's identity as a nation but she also stressed how there are lessons that can be drawn for the context that germany is leaving today an