Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

Representatives of Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, which will be celebrated on January 27, 2025. The museum said that it is difficult to imagine the presence of Russia, which clearly does not understand the value of freedom. This is stated in the statement of the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum on the X social network, reports UNN.

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On January 27, 2025, we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. The main memorial event will begin at 4:00 p.m. in a special tent above the gates of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. When asked by the Polish Press Agency whether Russia, which has been absent due to its aggression in Ukraine for the past two years, will be represented at the commemorative events, director Piotr Cywinski said: “It is difficult to imagine the presence of Russia, which clearly does not understand the value of freedom. Such a presence was I would love to see that happen again someday, but let’s face it, it’s definitely not going to happen in the next four months.

It is noted that on January 26 and 27, 2025, the museum will be closed to visitors, but for those who wish to commemorate this special anniversary, a special open sector will be prepared at the site of the Memorial on January 27.

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On January 27, events are held all over the world on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The event was initiated by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 2005. It was on January 27, 1945 that the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated the prisoners of the largest and most terrible Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz). Since May 1940, about two million Jews were exterminated in this death camp. In total, from 1933 to 1945, the German Nazis and their accomplices in Europe killed more than six million Jews, of whom more than 1.5 million were children.

We will remind

A Russian delegation has been invited to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, but without President Vladimir Putin because of his war in Ukraine.