“We are guardians of memory and the truth about genocide that was committed here, at the largest German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, which is the symbol of the Holocaust, place of extermination of the Jews, martyrdom of Poles, Porajmos of the Roma and Sinti, mass deaths of Soviet prisoners and representatives of other nationalities. We will never relent in our fight against evil” - wrote the Polish presidential couple.
“May Auschwitz be a reminder to all people and all times that to fall silent in the face of evil is to ensure its triumph” - the Vice-President of the United States and his wife wrote.
‘I am especially pleased and gratified that Vice President Mike Pence and Polish President Andrzej Duda are taking time out of their very busy schedules to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. 74 years after the liberation of this concentration and extermination camp, a horrible site where over one million innocent Jews, Poles, Roma and Sinti, Soviet POWs and others were slaughtered, we are still trying to make sense of this horrible atrocity,’ Said Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress and Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (USA).
‘Vice President Pence along with President Duda honor the victims of this crime with their visit and demonstrates the commitment to preserving the memory of Auschwitz, as well as the importance of reminding the world what occurred here. By knowing the past, we are better equipped to make sure that crimes like this never occur again,’ he added.