The joint session of the European Parliament will take place in the Nazi camp of Auschwitz

In the former Nazi camp of Auschwitz (Poland) 26 - January 27, will host a joint mission of the European Parliament and national parliaments of European countries with the participation of the Israeli Knesset, transmits RBC.

January 27, to address the United Nations around the world marked the International Day for the Remembrance of the Holocaust. In 1945, on this day the Soviet army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camps - Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau). Recall that in Germany and occupied countries in the Nazi camps were destroyed 6 million Jews - almost a third of the entire Jewish nation. Only World War II death camps passed through the 18 million people.

As reported, the head of mission of European Parliament, member of the Federation Council of Russia Vladimir Slutsker, "European parliamentarians to honor the memory of the Holocaust in order to prevent a recurrence of the Holocaust in the contemporary world, where extremism and terrorism, racial, ethnic and religious divisions threaten the very existence of human civilization." According Slutsker, deputies will also lay the foundation stone of the monument at Auschwitz - Holm of remembrance and reconciliation, the idea of building which was proposed by the Committee of ex-prisoners of concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau. "

Prior to the ordinary European citizens are also paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust: about two thousand people took part in the event the memory of Auschwitz prisoners in Amsterdam, said .

The demonstrators gathered at City Hall, then marched to the monument of silence "Never again Auschwitz!" Vertheym in the park, where a memorial ceremony. Mayor Cohen of Amsterdam Yob reminded those present of the atrocities committed at Auschwitz. "Only from the Netherlands in this camp took 67 trains to the citizens of Jewish descent. Of the 60 thousand sent to Auschwitz from Holland, the Jews returned, only 500," - told the head of the city.

It should be noted that in December and January in the Netherlands, as in many countries around the world, demonstrations to protest against Israeli actions in Gaza. So the authorities feared possible incidents during the march of memory, especially by Muslim organizations. Nevertheless, the demonstration in Amsterdam was calm, and representatives of various ethnic groups who took part in the action, in their speeches unanimously rejected violence and racial discrimination.