World leaders and Shoah survivors gather at site of former death camp to mark 70 years since liberation; EJC chief warns Europe is ‘close’ to a new exodus of Jews
By AFP in The Times of Israel
OSWIECIM, Poland — Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, ageing survivors gathered at the site synonymous with the Holocaust on Tuesday as world leaders sounded the alarm over a fresh wave of anti-Semitism.
French President Francois Hollande and his Czech counterpart echoed warnings by a leading Jewish organization, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hollywood mogul Steven Spielberg over violence against Jews in modern-day Europe.
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