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
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
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
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
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