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Germany's Bundestag has held a special ceremony to honor the victims of the Nazi regime who died in the Holocaust. Eva Szepesi, who survived Auschwitz, shared her story with lawmakers.
German lawmakers have gathered in the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. The ceremony comes after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on January 27 and was marked with events across Germany on Saturday.
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas was to speak at the special gathering of lawmakers on Wednesday. Holocaust survivor Eva Szepesi, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp as a child, is expected to share her story with the politicians. Marcel Reif, whose father barely survived the Holocaust, will speak for the so-called second generation.
Over the weekend, Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged vigilance as Germany marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. He called for a determined fight against antisemitism and racism.
"'Never again' is every day," he said in a weekly video published on Saturday. "January 27 calls out to us: Stay visible! Stay audible! Against antisemitism, against racism, against hatred — and for our democracy."
Tens of thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets following revelations that members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party joined a secret meeting to discuss the mass deportation of immigrants and German citizens of foreign origin.
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