About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
SCMP Editorial
Opinion

Opinion

Editorial by SCMP Editorial

Horrors of Auschwitz must not be forgotten

  • The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp in which so many Jews and other minorities perished comes at a time when extremist views are again on the rise

SCMP Editorial
SCMP Editorial

Updated: 1:20am, 30 Jan, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
About 90 per cent of the 1.1 million people who perished at Auschwitz were Jews. They arrived at the gates in cattle trucks and were either sent directly to gas chambers or forced to do tough manual labour. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
READ FULL ARTICLE
SCMP Editorial

SCMP Editorial

Editorials represent the views of the South China Morning Post on the issues of the day.