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Britain’s King Charles says Auschwitz liberation anniversary trip ‘so important’
Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death camp in World War II, was liberated on January 27, 1945
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Britain’s King Charles has described his decision to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau as “so important”.
Charles spoke about his forthcoming trip when he met Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg at a Buckingham Palace reception commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.
Goldberg, 94, who survived concentration camps, including Stutthof, and a death march when just a boy, said the first thing the king mentioned was the trip, saying it was “now official” after it was announced earlier by Buckingham Palace.
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“I feel I must go for the 80th anniversary, [it’s] so important,” the king later told the elderly survivor who visits schools to give first-hand accounts of the Holocaust, and was described by the king as “very special”.
Charles will travel to Poland to join other dignitaries and Holocaust survivors invited to a service, held at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial, commemorating the 80th anniversary.
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