Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-26-Speech-3-152"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-01-26"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050126.8.3-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-26-Speech-3-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Timothy Kirkhope2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is a moment of commemoration and reflection. The horror that greeted liberating forces in January 1945 is something that most of us have shared only through film footage and photographs. We cannot truly imagine the nature of the genocide that was perpetrated there and in the other death camps around Europe. Auschwitz is a stain on humanity and a symbol of evil beyond anything we can comprehend. Those of us who have visited it are overwhelmed by its desolation. One can still feel and taste the evil that was carried out there: the gas chambers, the huts crammed with young and old, the railway tracks that bore the death trains, the watchtowers, the crematoria, the pathetic personal remains of those millions who perished so horribly. Walking through the gates of Auschwitz is truly to walk through the gates of hell. Today we stand with Jewish people across Europe and the world. We think of those who perished, we thank God for those who were liberated and we honour those alive today who survived the horror, including some in my own constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber. The Holocaust must never be allowed to slip from our collective memory. Neither, however, can we forget all those who have perished in genocidal atrocities throughout the world since World War II. Rwanda and Cambodia are but two examples of modern-day genocide that stir our emotions. Discrimination, prejudice and hatred continue to blight our world, and in this week of remembrance let us ensure that the failure of the world to prevent the Holocaust and Auschwitz serves as a warning to all of us who cherish liberty and freedom that we must never, ever forget."@en1
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