On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army and the inconceivable extent of the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany came to light.
The piles of suitcases now on display at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum tell the story of the countless victims that walked through the camp’s gates. Silent witnesses of their pain and of Nazi Germany’s persecution, they remind us of the more than one million people murdered in Auschwitz.
Today, we remember the slain Jewish men, women, and children, alongside many other groups condemned to death: Sinti and Roma, political prisoners, disabled individuals, homosexuals, and many others who suffered at the hands of Nazi terror. We also remember those who survived the Holocaust.
It has been almost 80 years since World War Two ended and witnesses and people who have no connection to their past are cropping up all the time. Remembering this dark chapter in our history also drives us to continue ensuring that we never forget these events. We must never let such horrors come to pass again.
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