Reference News, January 29 report: According to EFE, on January 27, on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (now also known as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day), German government representatives and EU Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner, jointly commemorated the victims of Nazi persecution in Berlin.

German Chancellor Merkel wrote on social media: "We still bear the historical responsibility: anti-Semitism has no place in Germany."

"On this International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, we remember all Jewish men and women who suffered systematic murder. Such a tragedy must never happen again," Merkel emphasized.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Brunner attended the commemorative ceremony held at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the center of Berlin and laid wreaths at the monument.

Brunner emphasized on X platform that Jewish culture is part of European history and a precious heritage that must be protected and passed on, both now and in the future.

"Memory ensures that we never forget the truth of history. We remember together," he emphasized.

According to EFE on January 27, on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, Polish President Andrzej Duda reiterated his demand for Germany to pay war reparations for the invasion of Poland in 1939. He pointed out that not all people responsible for the Nazi Holocaust have been brought to justice.

Duda emphasized in his speech that Germany bears collective responsibility for World War II, and the atrocities in the concentration camps were "the fault of the whole Germany." He also described Auschwitz as a symbol of Berlin and Western Europe's indifference to the deaths of innocent people.

For these reasons, the Polish president once again demanded that Germany pay war reparations. He said that Germany "has not yet paid compensation to Poland... it must pay compensation and apologize."

Duda has repeatedly stated that in his view, without first resolving the issue of war reparations, it is impossible to establish "smooth relations" with Germany or achieve "genuine peace." (Translated by Wang Meng, Zhang Weiyu)

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