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Berlin – Holocaust survivors are sharing their personal stories as part of a new digital campaign launched by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The campaign, titled “I Survived Auschwitz: Remember This,” features video testimonies, which are being published on social media and the Claims Conference website.
More than 80 survivors of the Holocaust have contributed, recounting their traumatic experiences at the German Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Some survivors reflect on lost loved ones, while others tell of the Jewish communities devastated by the Holocaust in the cities where they once lived.
“The horrors that occurred at Auschwitz were an evil that no human should ever endure, but also an evil that no human should ever forget,” said Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference, in a statement published on Monday.
“While it is difficult to imagine oneself in a concentration camp, we can all relate to wanting people to remember loved ones we’ve lost, experiences that shaped us and moments that were important to us. It is critical that we educate future generations about Auschwitz,” Taylor said.
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, located in modern-day Oświęcim, Poland.
The Nazis had murdered more than 1 million people there, predominantly Jews.
Since 1996, this date has been observed in Germany as Holocaust Memorial Day and in 2005 the United Nations declared the date an international day of remembrance.
