Led by Shliach: European Leaders Join Holocaust Remembrance Visit to Auschwitz
More than 120 ministers, parliamentarians and senior diplomats from across Europe took part in a remembrance visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps ahead of the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The delegation was led by Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the Rebbe’s Shliach and chairman of the European Jewish Association • Full Story, Photos
More than 120 ministers, parliamentarians, senior diplomats and Jewish community leaders from across Europe took part in a remembrance visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps in Poland, marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The delegation was led by Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the Rebbe’s Shliach and chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA).
Among the participants was Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who received the EJA’s King Solomon Award during a ceremony in Krakow and joined the delegation’s visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
At a memorial ceremony in Birkenau, Rabbi Margolin addressed the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jewish people and erase their very existence. Reflecting on the site where the Nazis sought to carry out that goal, he declared: “They failed, because we are here.”
Rabbi Margolin echoed the words of the Jewish partisan song “Mir zaynen do” — “We are here” — as he stood at the site alongside Jewish leaders and representatives of European nations.
The visit was organized by the European Jewish Association as part of its annual initiative bringing European decision-makers to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The delegation also included discussions and calls for European governments to take concrete action against rising antisemitism and to ensure the safety of Jewish communities across the continent.
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