Prince Charles warns hatred ‘still lurks’ on 75th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation.
The commemoration event was held at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to victims of the Holocaust. A number of high profile guests were present, including US Vice President Mike Pence, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron.
However, the event was not attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda. He complained that he had not been allowed to deliver an address, whereas Mr Putin and other leaders were given speeches.
In his speech Prince Charles said “lessons of the Holocaust are searingly relevant to this day.”
He added: “Hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart, still tell new lies, adopt new disguises, and still seek new victims.”
“Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence.”
This was Prince Charles’ first official tour to Israel. In the morning he met with President Reuven Rivlin. During the rest of his trip, Prince Charles will sit down for talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and is also likely to visit the resting place of his paternal grandmother in Jerusalem’s Church of St Mary Magdalene.
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Prince Charles warns hatred ‘still lurks’ on 75th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation.
The commemoration event was held at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to victims of the Holocaust. A number of high profile guests were present, including US Vice President Mike Pence, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron.
However, the event was not attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda. He complained that he had not been allowed to deliver an address, whereas Mr Putin and other leaders were given speeches.
In his speech Prince Charles said “lessons of the Holocaust are searingly relevant to this day.”
He added: “Hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart, still tell new lies, adopt new disguises, and still seek new victims.”
“Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence.”
This was Prince Charles’ first official tour to Israel. In the morning he met with President Reuven Rivlin. During the rest of his trip, Prince Charles will sit down for talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and is also likely to visit the resting place of his paternal grandmother in Jerusalem’s Church of St Mary Magdalene.
