🕯️Delegations from all over the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. 50 survivors were special guests attending the event, held on January 27.

🔹The Speaker of the #Sejm @szymon_holownia, and Deputy Speaker @DorotaNiedziela, took part in the commemorations and paid tribute to those who lost their lives, and those who survived. Earlier, the Sejm Speaker laid flowers at the International Monument to the Victims of the Camp.

🔹On January 27, 1945, around 7 thousand prisoners of the Auschwitz camp, including 3 hundred children were liberated. Throughout nearly five years, 1.1 million people out of 1.3 million prisoners of the German Nazi camp were annihilated. About 90 per cent of the victims were Jews from all parts of Europe. At least 70 thousand Poles, 20 thousand Roma, 15 thousand Soviet POWs, and 10-15 thousand prisoners of other nationalities also perished in the camp.

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