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Ambassador Foley Re-emphasizes "Never Again" in Visit to Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ambassador Foley at the memorial ceremony

Ambassador Foley (right) and Minister Szekeres (5th from left) at the memorial ceremony. (MTI photo by Szilárd Koszticsák - full size photo)

Ambassador Foley took advantage of a visit to the WWII prison camp at Auschwitz on May 1 on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to reinforce her emphasis on zero tolerance for anti-semitic views and other hate speech, wherever it occurs.

Accepting the invitation of the Hungarian branch of the March of the Living Foundation, Ambassador Foley and Defense Minister Szekeres participated in the Hungarian memorial ceremony held at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp commemorating the 20th anniversary of the international March of the Living Foundation. Several hundred participants attended the event from Hungary and several thousand people came from over fifty countries. The Ambassador observed the memorial ceremony at the No. 18 “Hungarian Barracks” and partook in the March of the Living procession as well as the international commemoration at the concentration camp site in Poland. She noted the enormous emotional impact the visit made on her: "The enormity of the suffering that took place here is overwhelming and nearly incomprehensible. These excruciating memories must be kept alive and made real for future generations. We must remain vigilant in guarding against any re-appearance of the anti-Semitic hate speech that produced the tragedy that was Auschwitz!" 

  • For Ambassador Foley's personal thoughts on visiting Auschwitz, please click here.

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