that was april 1945, in bergen—belsen.aust. alone, aged nine, she was brought to the united states. a new home and a new life. but, 75 years on, rena says anti—semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. we have to remember the hatred that people can learn. germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. how can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. and do you feel like it's even more important for you now to keep telling your story? i do. you ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, "who was he?" how can that be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was? but they don't. so rena takes us to yad vashem. israel's touchstone of remembrance. honouring six million jews annihilated by the nazis. these were people, each one had a separate personality, each one had a name, each one had a life and their life was snuffed out. and the only thing that's left here are shoes. rena spent years guiding tour groups here. bearing witness brings anguish,

that was april 1945, in bergen—belsen.erished in the holocaust. alone, aged nine, she was brought to the united states. a new home and a new life. but, 75 years on, rena says anti—semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. we have to remember the hatred that people can learn. germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. how can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. and do you feel like it's even more important for you now to keep telling your story? i do. you ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, "who was he?" how can that be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was? but they don't. so rena takes us to yad vashem. israel's touchstone of remembrance. honouring six million jews annihilated by the nazis. these were people, each one had a separate personality, each one had a name, each one had a life and their life was snuffed out. and the only thing that's left here are shoes. rena spent years guiding tour groups here. bearing witn

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orla: that was april 1945 in bergen-belsen for she lived to see the liberation, buter entire family perished in the holocaust. alone, age 9, she was brought to the united states. a new home and a new life. but 75 years on, she ss anti-semitism is coming back, and the lessons of the past must be heeded. >> we have to remember the germany was a civilized,rn. culture, educated group of people. how could they have comtted such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. orla: do you fe like it is even more important for you now to keep telling a story? >> i do. u ked somebody about auschwitz -- "who is he?" how could it be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was what they don't. orla: so she takes us to 'isr's touchstone of remembrance. honoring 6 million jews annihilated by the nazis. >> these were people. each one had a separate personality, each one had ane name, eachad a life. their life was snuffed out. the only thing left here are shoes. orla: she spent years guiding tour groups. bearing witness brings anguish, but she tnts to speak forse who cannot. >> these are the bo

how did i possibly survive bergen-belsen? orla: but when the last of the survivors are gone, who will be the guardians of memory? do you worry that when people like you are no longer here, that the world will not remember or will not believe? >>rr i do the world won't remember. they don't remember the armenian genocide. they don't remember what happened yesterday in syria and afghanistan. don't remember all t people who are sitting in poverty. even if i was there, i don't believe it. the people who weren't there, how could they believe it? orla: in the hall of names, images of the dead. young soldiers troop in to share the binding tragedy of the jewish people. the state of israel is now a regional power. for decades it has occupied palestinian territories. but some here will always see their nation through the prismof persecution and survival. orla guerin, bbc news. laura: bearing witness to the holocaust. i am laura trevelyan. thank you for watching "bbc world news america." narrator: fundntg for this preseion is made possib

—— bergen—belsen, which was liberated by british troops and something they never wanted to talkvivors of belsen talk about the humanity received from those british armed forces and so it's a significant yearfor forces and so it's a significant year for us to raise awareness in this country about the relevance to us about it being our story, but also survivors are not going to be with us forever and they know that. while they have breath in their body, they will continue to share their testimony. it is up to all of us who has ever visited a holocaust site to carry that legacy and pass it on. as you say, that number of survivors is dwindling now. it must be incredibly powerful for the people and schoolchildren that you work with to hear that first—hand testimony. it really is and i say this often but when a survivor is in the room, you can have the most disruptive classroom, the most boisterous students, but you will hear a boisterous students, but you will heara pin drop boisterous students, but you will hear a pin drop as they hang on the every word of the survivor and i think f

that was april 1945, in bergen—belsen.ire family perished in the holocaust. alone, aged nine, she was brought to the united states. a new home and a new life. but, 75 years on, rena says anti—semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. we have to remember the hatred that people can learn. germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. how can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. and do you feel like it's even more important for you now to keep telling your story? i do. you ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, "who was he?" how can that be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was? but they don't. so rena takes us to yad vashem. israel's touchstone of remembrance. honouring six million jews annihilated by the nazis. but when the last of the survivors are gone, who will be the guardians of memory? do you worry, rena, that when people like you are no longer here that the world will not remember or will not believe? i do worry the wor

british troops who liberated bergen—belsen were shocked by the industrial scale of death, the traumaries are preserved by israel's yad vashem memorial centre, in its hall of remembrance, putting faces and names to the overwhelming numbers. 0rganisers and speakers are highlighting a message about the threat of anti—semitism and the need to combat it, looking to the past but also the present. the holocaust was an appalling jewish tragedy, but it was also a universal human tragedy and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons. on this day, in this place, and in memory of the millions who perished in the shoah, let us re—commemorate ourselves to tolerance and respect. many holocaust survivors found refuge in israel. some come together here for a class to sharpen their ageing memories. they want their experience to be a living one, even after they're gone — not a page in a history book — and so they tell their stories to the young. my grandchildren, they are always asking more and more, how did we get by and what did we have to eat? and what happened now and what happened later?

british troops who liberated bergen—belsen were shocked by the industrial scale of death and trauma ofng faces and names to the overwhelming numbers. organisers and speakers are highlighting a message about the threat of anti—semitism and the need to combat it, looking to the past but also the present. we must be prepared to stand as they did against the wave of their times. we must be prepared to confront and expose the file tide of anti—semitism that is fuelling hate and violence all across the world and violence all across the world and we must stand together. many holocaust survivors found refuge in israel. some come together here for a class to sharpen their ageing memories. they want their experience to be a living one, even after they are gone, not a page and a history book, and so they tell their stories to the young. my grandchildren, they are always asking more and more, how did we get by and what did we have to eat and what happened now and what happened later? i survived, but my parents didn't. the legacy of the war remains politically charged but the aim is to keep learnin

together with those of other allies go the nazis back through north africa and europe and liberated bergen belsen and other german concentration camps it is my honor to invite his royal highness the prince of wales to deliver his remarks. thank you thank. survivors over sure present drifted their majesties direction says ladies and gentlemen. it is a particular honor although one of the most solemn time to be present here today. on behalf of the united kingdom to commemorates all those search tragically lost in the show. to come to this sacred place yad vashem. a memorial and a name. is to be faced with that for which no name no words and no language can ever possibly do justice. the magnitude of the genocide that was visited upon the jewish people. defies comprehension and can make those of us who live in the shadow of those indescribable events feel hopelessly inadequate. the scale of the evil was so great the impact so profound that it threatens to obscure the countless individual human stories of tragedy loss and suffering of which it was comprised. that is why places like this and events lik

that was april 1945, in bergen—belsen.states. a new home and a new life. but, 75 years on, rena says anti—semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. we have to remember the hatred that people can learn. germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. how can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes? we have to remember that. and do you feel like it's even more important for you now to keep telling your story? i do. you ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, "who was he?" how can that be possible that people don't know what auschwitz was? but they don't. so rena takes us to yad vashem. israel's touchstone of remembrance. honouring six million jews annihilated by the nazis. these were people, each one had a separate personality, but when the last of the survivors are gone, who will be the guardians of memory? do you worry, rena, that when people like you are no longer here that the world will not remember or will not believe? i do worry. the world won't remember. they don't

renee salt was incarcerated here and in bergen—belsen. good morning. can avoid one day another holocaust. so yes, that is why i come back. it's a very beautiful, quiet morning. we can hear some birdsong. a very different of course to how it was. can you describe to usa to how it was. can you describe to us a little bit of what it was like? so terribly frightening. we never knew from one hour to the next what was going to happen to us. there we re was going to happen to us. there were experiments going on here, operations made by german doctors. it was very, very bad. you were always afraid. you didn't know what was going to happen. we suffered a lot. the hunger here and the cold. all i had was a man past my pyjama jacket and a skirt to put on. no shoes, nothing. it was very bad. it's a miracle that anyone us survived. and you did. what was it, do you think? it was god's well. that is all i can say. and throughout all this time i was lucky i was with my mother and she kept me going. i kept her going in a way. otherwise without my mother i don't think i