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Essential Speeches

 
Roman Kent, President of the International Auschwitz Committee © Boris Buchholz

27.1.2015: Roman Kent

Deeds! Deeds as well as thoughts are crucial.

Roman Kent, President of the International Auschwitz Committee, directed his words at the official polish ceremony of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz directly to the leaders of the world: "We must all Remember! For, if you, the leaders in the world will remember, and to teach others to remember, then the Holocaust and other atrocities like Darfur, Biafra, Kosovo, as well as attacks as the present one in Paris, will have no place on the face of the earth. But to remember is not enough – Deeds! Deeds as well as thoughts are crucial." Read more

Kazimierz Albin, Vizepräsident des Internationalen Auschwitz Komitees © Boris Buchholz

27.1.2015: Kazimierz Albin

From the very first day, there is an ongoing struggle for preserving human dignity

Kazimierz Albin, Vice-President of the International Auschwitz Committee and survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp, was one of the first polish inmates who arrived in Auschwitz. He said on the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz: "The madness of the Übermenschen – overpeople is opposed by the stronger individuals. From the very first day, there is an ongoing struggle for biological survival, for delivering as many lives as possible from death, for preserving human dignity." Seine Rede auf Englisch: Read more 

 
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon gives a speech adressing the IAC

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Speech given by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon

2011 – Mr Ban Ki-moon: "Above all, it is a day to speak out … to speak out against those who would deny the Holocaust, who would diminish it or "explain" it away."  Read more

Christian Wulff, Federal President of Germany

Memorial ceremony for Noach Flug

Speech given by Christian Wulff, Federal President of Germany

2011 – Mr Christian Wulff: "In Noach Flug Germany has lost a wonderful friend and a true paragon of humanity. His messages were truthfulness, understanding and reconciliation. Noach Flug, thank you."  Read more

 
IAK-Präsident Roman Kent (© Boris Buchholz)

July 10th, 2012

Remarks by Roman Kent at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington

2012 – Mr Roman Kent: "Yet how can we, the survivors, the few percent of Jews who miraculously survived the ghettos and concentration camps, forgive and forget?  No, we survivors can neither forgive nor forget."  Read more