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"Mr President, ‘never forget’ and ‘never again’ are the two historic phrases that we have in mind today as we commemorate, in just a few hours’ time, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. ‘Never forget’ was the injunction to us from those remnants of European Jewry who survived the murder by the Nazis and their accomplices. Tomorrow the ceremonies to which I have referred will show that we have not, thank God, forgotten.
Can we be so sure, however, about the other injunction, ‘never again’? We see today the rising spectre of anti-Semitism in our continent and throughout the world. It sometimes takes a different form, but the ultra-nationalist, ultra-right who have always been anti-Semitic are sadly still there today in some of our countries: in Germany, in Russia, in France, and indeed, sadly, I have to accept that we also see it in my own country, Britain, which has the most honourable of records in fighting the Nazi tyranny and giving refuge to the persecuted. We see a new variant of the anti-Semitic virus in Islamic fundamentalism – not in Islam, as Islam has always been a friend to the Jewish people. Islamic fundamentalism is neither their friend, nor the friend of Western civilisation, nor the friend of any of our nations. We must ensure in the years to come that although we can have our differences about Middle East – and perhaps we should – those differences should never allow or permit verbal or physical violence against members of the Jewish communities of Europe.
I am here today because, thank God, my forebears left the shores of Europe over a century ago to find safety and security in Britain. That is why I am here. That memory is why I say that this Parliament of Europe, of all places, has a historic duty and responsibility to say ‘never forget’ and ‘never again’."@en1
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