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largest mass execution leaders from around the world — including king charles — 0ur europe editor katya adlerle trucks, like hundreds of thousands very few of us are left. from my town, four children survived. we are also here to proclaim and to pledge that we will side by side to liberate auschwitz. because of his invasion of president zelenskyy�*s country. the europe we live in now is fractured, full of friction. that's me prior to auschwitz. of the very few who survived. at the age of 1a, my childhood has finished. some of them saying, "your parents, can you see the smoke? that's where they are." auschwitz museum is opening a new wing to mark today's commemoration in what was the family home of the hoss was celebrated by the nazis as the perfector side of this wall. he played hide and seek with his five beloved children. not to dismiss the perpetrators as evil exotic monsters, vice president of the anne frank trust uk. hello, thank you for coming on the programme. you were at the the programmer�*lou'were at'the today in the uk, attended prince and kate. fit? e - and kate. houu fit? well, -

katya adler, bbc news, auschwitz. joining me live is dana arschin — she's the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor and a holocaust storyteller county. great to have you on with us, i understand your grandfather lived to be about 101 years old, did he tell you anything about what he experienced? these aren't obviously easy memories to share.- these aren't obviously easy memories to share. thank you so much, memories to share. thank you so much. thank _ memories to share. thank you so much, thank you _ memories to share. thank you so much, thank you to _ memories to share. thank you so much, thank you to bbc, - memories to share. thank you so much, thank you to bbc, this - memories to share. thank you so much, thank you to bbc, this is l much, thank you to bbc, this is the second year in a row you had me on and january 27, and it is nice to me to share my grandfather story, it is nice to me to share my grandfatherstory, he it is nice to me to share my grandfather story, he passed away about a year ago, just shy of his

katya adler, bbc news, auschwitz.polish president, who spoke first thing this morning. today was really about the survivors, they were the focus of these events. he was deported to auschwitz or his brother and his father were murdered. translation: it is absolutely obvious, translation: it is absolutely obvious. if— translation: it is absolutely obvious, if not _ translation: it is absolutely obvious, if not absolutely - obvious, if not absolutely delusional that the media turned to us, to those who survived so that we shared with them our memories. however, there's always been a very small minority of us, us who went through all those selections positively. that number is itself was very little. and those who lived to see freedom, there were hardly, hardly none. so few, and now there is only a handful. such a small bevy. that is why i believe that our thoughts should now go towards this huge majority, those millions of victims who will never tell us what they experienced, what they felt just because they were consume

our europe editor katya adler is with me.vent like this here, so more important than ever that we remember their testimony. absolutely, you have spoken to survivors and so have i and of course, you listen to the words but you feel their pain and their experiences, and the message they want to send to you and that is what it is so important. we have heard the king say that, the prime minister was here about ten days ago, he also talked about the importance of talking to survivors and in the lead up to the commemoration today i have spoken to schoolchildren in the uk and across europe, in germany and elsewhere, 15—year—olds who don't really want to know about politics or think about the world sometimes, and they said with a survivor and it opens their minds and they say, i believe it now, i believe about the history of the holocaust. if i hear it in a history lesson and might not believe in. it is also making them think, some of the 18—year—olds i spoke to, they will be first—time voters and they will be first—time voters and t