150 European Leaders on Memorial Journey to Auschwitz
Some 150 ministers, MPs and senior diplomats from across Europe joined a memorial journey to Auschwitz-Birkenau marking the Kristallnacht anniversary, led by the Rebbe’s shliach Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe • Full Story
Some 150 ministers, members of parliament and senior diplomats from across Europe took part in a memorial journey to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The delegation was led by Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the Rebbe’s shliach and chairman of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe.
Among the participants was the Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who received the King Solomon Award during the visit and joined the memorial march.
At the ceremony in Birkenau, Rabbi Margolin spoke about the Nazi attempt to erase the Jewish people and declared: “They failed. Because we are here,” quoting the Jewish partisans’ anthem: “Mir zaynen do – we are here.”
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