Pope says 'horror' of Holocaust cannot be 'forgotten or denied'

Pope Francis says during Sunday prayers that the horror of the Holocaust cannot be “forgotten or denied.”

Speaking on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, he calls on the entire world to “work together to eliminate the scourge of antisemitism as well as all forms of religious discrimination and persecution.”

Auschwitz-Birkenau has become the symbol of the murder of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany, one million of whom died on the site between 1940 and 1945, as well as more than 100,000 non-Jews.

On Monday, an official ceremony attended by around 50 survivors and 54 international delegations will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops.

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Pope says ‘horror’ of Holocaust cannot be ‘forgotten or denied’

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