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become the greatest field of death , murder and destruction in Europe."
"It was an area under Nazi occupation, and the Poles were an oppressed people, living in fear," he stressed. He recalled that there had also been a Polish underground resistance and a Polish Government in exile.
from abroad fleeing persecution – turned into the place of the Shoah, ominously prepared by Germans," said the Polish president.
Speaking on the 30 years of the March of the Living, Duda said: "Polish institutions and social organisations make every effort to disseminate knowledge about the Holocaust. Since 1988, they have also supported the March of the Living, attended by tens of thousands of people from all over the world for the past 30 years. Let me use this opportunity and extend my gratitude to the organizers of the March and to the management of the local Museum."
The President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, said: "We stand here and we know, that from this place we cannot hope for justice. In this place where the ashes of our brothers and sisters were swallowed by the soil - no justice will grow. We do not expect justice in Europe that seeks - too quickly - to forget, to eradicate the memory, to deny, to destroy evidence."
The Israeli President stressed that the Polish nation "barely survived the Second World War. In September 1939, Poland had become the greatest field of death, murder and destruction in Europe”.It was an area under Nazi occupation, and the Poles were an oppressed people, living in fear - he stressed. He recalled that here was also a Polish underground resistance and a Polish Government in exile. The people of Poland produced thousands of “Righteous among the Nations”. Men and women who put their own lives and the lives of their dear ones at risk for the sake of others. And they too are remembered, and we will remember and honor each of those men and women forever - said the Israeli President.