70년전 아우슈비츠의 악몽 Our past must not become the future for our children..(VIDEO)
Our past must not become the future for our children: A deeply moving plea from one survivor as victims return to Auschwitz 70 years after they were liberated
300명의 아우슈비츠 생존자들은 어제 나찌의 죽음의 캠프를 둘러봤다.
올해는 2차세계대전시 소련에 의해서 캠프가 해방된지 70주년이다.
할리우드 감독 스티븐 스필버그도 행사에 참석했으며 생존자와 유족들은
수용소의 '죽음의 벽'에 화환을 놓고 촛불의식으로 죽은 영혼들을 위로 했다.
추도식에는 각국의 정부 수뇌와 유럽 왕족들도 참석했다.
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Around 300 people who survived Auschwitz paid their respects at the former Nazi death camp yesterday
It came on the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the Soviet Army near the end of the Second World War
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg also joined world leaders at the camp to condemn rise in anti-Semitism
Survivors and their families gathered to lay wreaths at the camp's 'wall of death' and lit candles
Heads of state and European royalty attended the service at the camp in Poland for poignant commemorations
By ROBERT HARDMAN AT AUSCHWITZ FOR THE DAILY MAIL
They are the dwindling few who know, truly, what it is to go to hell and back. Seventy years on, they were there again yesterday.
On this very spot, they had seen their loved ones for the last time.
Next to this bleakest of buildings, millions of families had been torn apart forever in a hysterical bedlam of beating, whipping, attack dogs and random execution. Has anywhere else endured such misery?
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Auschwitz survivors and their families visit the Birkenau Memorial as more than 300 attended the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation
Attending dignitaries and survivors of the Holocaust walk past the train tracks once used to ferry people into the death camp
Those attending the anniversary carry candles which were later placed at a memorial to remember the millions killed in the Holocaust
The ceremony last night was expected to be the last major anniversary of the death camp's liberation for many of the survivors
When the original Auschwitz concentration camp could not cope with the slaughter expected of it, the Nazis created an even larger, industrial death plant and railway yard next door here at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Its pointed, red-brick watch tower, beneath which every cattle wagon hauled its tragic cargo to the end of the line and the ‘selection’ ramps, is now a global symbol of genocide.
Yesterday, it was the dramatic backdrop to the desperately poignant, emotionally-charged international ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
That event is now enshrined as Holocaust Memorial Day in honour not only of the 1.1 million Jews murdered here but of all six million Jews and five million others executed at all those synonyms for cruelty – Bergen-Belsen, Treblinka, Sobibor, Buchenwald…
Neither the passage of time nor the erection of a gigantic marquee over the entire tower and the temporary arena for 2,000 people – including 250 survivors and dozens of world leaders – could diminish the ghastliness of the ‘Death Gate’ of Birkenau. Its brief transformation into theatrical scenery made no difference.
Those attending the commemoration ceremony carry candles past the camp's haunting fences and guard towers that still remain intact
A train carriage once used to carry people into Auschwitz sits dormant as those attending the ceremony wander through the snow
The delegation of international dignitaries and survivors make their way to lay candles at the Birkenau Memorial
A floodlight illuminates the snow-covered area where more than one million people, mostly Jews, were killed during the Second World War
Candles are laid in a row at the Birkenau Memorial by 300 survivors, their families, and visiting heads of state
The camp's huge fences offer a poignant reminder of the harrowing conditions under which those imprisoned in the camp were kept
The Netherlands' King Wilem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte stand before a memorial plaque
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (left) and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway pay their respects to those murdered at the concentration camp
Roses left by mourners lie next to one of the many plaques detailing transports of Jews who were taken to the concentration camps
Given the fresh snow and sub-zero temperatures here in southern Poland, this ceremony had to be staged under cover. Ten years ago, returning survivors were left freezing in the open for hours at the 60th anniversary commemorations (while the politicians had heated seats and a tent). That could not happen again, given the advancing years of yesterday’s most exalted guests. Sitting in the front row were four British survivors, including a sprightly 84-year-old Hampstead grandmother who, until yesterday, had been unable to face coming back. Widowed earlier this month, she is profoundly glad she came.
‘I felt such turmoil, such anger seeing this place again,’ Susan Pollack told me last night.
‘But this ceremony was so uplifting that it will be one of the defining memories of my life.’
A man places a candle on the monument to pay tribute to those who were murdered at the camp prior to its 1945 liberation
Guests carrying lit candles walk from the 'Death Gate' to the Auschwitz monument as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations
A guard tower remains standing on the grounds of Auschwitz, which remains the most notorious concentration camp to be run by the Nazis
Events at the camp yesterday included a service inside a tent erected at the front of Auschwitz, as well as the laying of wreaths and candles
American film director Steven Spielberg arrived at Auschwitz to unveil a memorial plaque. In 1993, the directed the film Schindler's List, about a German who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust
Mr Spielberg reflects as he looks on the the memorial plaque in Auschwitz. He met Holocaust survivors in Krakow ahead of yesterday's main event
Mr Spielberg, third from right, listens as Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, left, speaks at the unveiling of a memorial plaque inside Auschwitz
Mr Spielberg walks alongside Auschwitz Museum director Piotr Cywinski on the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the Soviet Army
Mr Spielberg films with his smartphone inside a tent at Auschwitz, which has been erected for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp
King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands arrives for the ceremony on the site of the former death camp in what was Nazi-occupied Poland
Britain is represented at the commemorations by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, pictured. The US-led delegation is being headed by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
Prince Charles and David Cameron attended a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall in Westminster. The Prince is seen speaking with Ann Kirk, while the Prime Minister talks to other survivors
One of the oldest-known survivors of the Holocaust Yehuda Widawski goes to take his seat inside the tent built at the entrance to Auschwitz after travelling from Tel Aviv
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, right, and Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg pay their respects to the dead at Auschwitz
Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg stand with their heads bowed after unveiling a memorial plaque at Auschwitz
In the summer of 1944, aged 13, she emerged, gasping for air, from a fetid cattle truck (in which several people had died) just yards from here only to be dragged away from the mother she would never see again. Stripped, shaved and housed ten to a bunk, Susan withdrew inside herself, spoke to no one and barely noticed when a random wave of an SS finger eventually sent her not to the gas chambers but a slave labour camp.
In early 1945, with the Allies approaching, her captors sent her on a ‘death march’, a merciless retreat through the snow, to a place which evokes memories every bit as terrifying as Auschwitz – the human abattoir of Bergen-Belsen.
By the time it was liberated by the British in April 1945, Susan was lying among the dead when a British medic spotted signs of life. He carefully carried the skeletal 14-year-old to his ambulance. ‘The very fact that this soldier was picking me up and holding me was an act of human kindness I have never got over. I still can’t,’ she says brightly.
‘Someone actually caring for me again – it still brings out tears.’
There was scarcely a dry eye in this airport-sized marquee yesterday as three prominent survivors delivered passionate pleas for more than mere remembrance. ‘We do not want our past to be our children’s future,’ declared Roman Kent. ‘That is the key to my existence.’ As he tried to repeat those words, his voice gave way and the tears came forth.
But you do not survive the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz and two slave camps to build a new life as a US businessman, author and international compensation campaigner without being made of sterner stuff than most of us.
Regaining his composure, Mr Kent went on to attack not only those who seek to deny the Holocaust but also the casual, unthinking language of daily life.
‘It has been routine to use the word “lost” when referring to loved ones,’ he said.
‘Six million Jews? They were not “lost”. They were murdered. Those that died did not “perish” but were murdered. By using sanitised words, we are helping the deniers.’
He concluded that he would like to add an eleventh commandment to the Old Testament list: ‘You should never, never be a bystander!’
Inside the giant marquee, survivors and heads of state sit by the glass covered railway tracks, which were used to bring Holocaust victims to Auschwitz
Rabbis lead the attendees in prayer at the beginning of a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Survivors pay tribute to those who died in Auschwitz by laying flowers and candles at the 'wall of death' where prisoners were taken to be shot
Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski lays a wreath on behalf of his country during commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
An elderly survivor prepares to lay a lamp next to the wall of death. More than one million people, mainly Jews were killed at Auschwitz
A Holocaust survivor lays her hand on the wall of death at Auschwitz. Survivors and dignitaries are gathering at the former Nazi death camp to mark 70 years since its liberation
A survivor pays his respects by placing his hand on the 'Wall of death'. Around 300 survivors took part in the commemorations
A woman adjusts the ribbon on a wreath, which had been laid at the 'Wall of Death' in the former Nazi Germany concentration camp
A stone with a message to the fallen is seen in a crack in the 'wall of death' after being placed there by people paying their respects to the dead
From President Hollande of France and the King of Holland to a wobbly 90-year-old Ukrainian professor still wearing his striped prison hat, they rose as one.
The official British delegation was led by the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, and Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles. The Prime Minister and Prince of Wales were holding their own ceremony in London. David Cameron also yesterday announced the establishment of a new ￡50million Holocaust memorial and learning centre.
The only notable absence was Russian president, Vladimir Putin, a snub given that Germans killed tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners at Auschwitz and it was the Soviets who liberated the place. On the 60th anniversary, Mr Putin received guest-of-honour treatment and made a speech here. Having initially claimed he had not been invited this year, ostensibly due to the situation in Ukraine – even though a general invitation had been issued to the Russian government – he sent his chief of staff.
Also present was the Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg, who has just produced a haunting 15-minute documentary on the history of Auschwitz for the camp museum. He was visibly moved by the response to yesterday’s world premiere. One survivor came up and embraced him.
Two elderly Auschwitz survivors enter the camp under the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign yesterday for commemorations
Two survivors try to contain their emotions as they return to Auschwitz. For many of those visiting, it is the first time they have returned to the camp since its liberation
Two elderly Holocaust survivors embrace each other as they arrive at Auschwitz for the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation
Yesterday marked exactly 70 years since the concentration camp was liberated by the Soviet army on January 27, 1945, in the last months of the Second World War
A female survivor is overcome with emotion and wipes a tear from her eye while standing outside one of the camp's detention blocks
Members of an Auschwitz survivors' association show off their medals, which were given to former Polish concentration camp survivors
Ukrainian survivor Igor Malitsky reflects as he looks at one of the detention blocks at Auschwitz. Some 300 survivors have travelled to the death camp in Poland for the anniversary of its liberation
But there was a combative undertone to yesterday’s commemorations following this month’s massacre at a Paris kosher supermarket. ‘I was going to make a very different speech here today,’ said Ronald Lauder, the American philanthropist and president of the World Jewish Congress. ‘But after the recent events in Paris and around the world I cannot ignore what is happening today. Jews are targeted in Europe once again because they are Jews.
‘There are mass demonstrations with thousands of people shouting death threats to the state of Israel and to Jews.
‘It happened so slowly and it all seemed so unimportant that few people paid any attention. Until now, when Europe suddenly awoke to find itself surrounded by anti-Semitism again and it looks more like 1933 than 2015. Once again, young Jewish boys are afraid to wear yarmulkes on the streets of Paris and Budapest and London and even Berlin.’ At the root of it all, he said, were ‘lies about Israel’.
He went on: ‘We all learned that when you tell a lie three times and there is no response, then the lie becomes the truth.’
There were both Jewish and Catholic prayers – the Germans interned and executed many Polish political prisoners here in the early years of the war – before delegation leaders and a handful of survivors made the half-mile walk through falling snow to the main memorial.
A group of Auschwitz survivors carry roses, which they will lay as tributes during commemorations to those who lost their lives at the camp
Events at Auschwitz included a church service, a laying of wreaths and the lighting of candles. Pictured is a camp survivor returning the site
People gather around to visit the wall of death, the wall where many Jews were executed after being sent to Auschwitz in the 1940s
A Holocaust survivor stands in reflection outside a detention block at the death camp. It was liberated 70 years ago by the Soviet army
Here, between the ruins of two gas chambers, they placed candles while the orchestra played Barber’s painfully beautiful Adagio for Strings and everyone else watched on giant video screens.
‘That was one of the most beautiful memorial services I have ever seen,’ reflected Zigi Shipper, 85, of Bushey, Hertfordshire, a survivor of Auschwitz and many other camps. Afterwards he stood beneath the Death Gate with Susan Pollack and Renee Salt from Hendon, a survivor of Auschwitz who also nearly died at Bergen-Belsen (and went on to marry one of its British liberators).
All three devote their lives to addressing schools and organisations all over Britain about what happened here. And they can derive some small satisfaction from the latest figures showing that Britain sends more visitors to this camp than any other foreign nation by a substantial margin (nearly 200,000 last year alone).
These are the witnesses to hell and they intend to keep on talking For they are adamant that if the world forgets their story, it will happen again.
Survivors carry a banner as they visit the execution wall at the notorious concentration camp, which was liberated 70 years ago
Dignitaries enter the camp under the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign ready to lay floral tributes to those who lost their lives
Three female survivors walk among the snow at Auschwitz, where they have gathered to mark the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation
Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski walks alongside survivors on a visit to Auschwitz earlier yesterday, where he laid a floral tribute to those who died
French president Francois Hollande lays a wreath at the Shoah memorial in Paris as part of Holocaust Memorial Day. Later he was at Auschwitz to pay his respects
After laying the wreath, President Hollande signed the guest book at the Holocaust memorial in Paris to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre at a ceremony in Moscow. He didn't attend events at Auschwitz amid a low point in relations between Russia and the West
Putin sat with the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar, left, and the Russian president of Jewish Communities Alexander Boroda, right, during the ceremony in Moscow
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