Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said he was deeply moved by his visit to Auschwitz.
This year, Auschwitz is the focus of events marking the 75th anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation, and it was the last stop on the Alternate Minister’s visit to Poland.
Mr. Varvitsiotis visited Auschwitz I, which houses the permanent Greek exhibit, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
“With respect and awe, I paid my respects to the memory of the victims of Nazi brutality – all those who suffered and were tortured and exterminated in this place of horror and torment. We, the next generations and the ones who follow us, have a duty not to let anything so inhuman happen again. Never again!” Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed.
During the Holocaust, 1.1 million people – mainly Jews, including some 60,000 Greeks – met their deaths at Auschwitz.
January 16, 2020