die kanadier haben keine probleme, die tatasachen der nazi zeit zu sehen wie sie waren
wie in deutschland - ist auch nicht jeder kanada gebildet genug dafür
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Harper honours Holocaust victims at Auschwitz 05/04/2008 11:07:13 PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said a prayer in front of the Killing Wall Memorial at Auschwitz to pay tribute to those who died in the Holocaust.
CTV.ca News Staff
On Saturday, Harper walked under the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work shall set you free") sign above the one-time Nazi death camp for a mostly private tour.
Auschwitz opened in 1940, originally used to house Polish political prisoners after Nazi Germany occupied the country. In 1942, it started to become the first such facility to start executing European Jews.
Between 1.1 million and 1.5 million people are believed to have been killed in the camp's gas chambers, the vast majority of victims being Jewish, before troops of the Red Army liberated the camp on Jan. 27, 1945.
"Stephen Harper clearly felt this was an important place to be," CTV's Graham Richardson told Newsnet on Saturday.
"Even if you read about it ... actually being here is quite something. You walk in the gates under the infamous (sign), and you read about the horrors that went on here, it's almost indescribable."
The wall where Harper laid a wreath and prayer is where thousands of prisoners had been lined up and shot.
A book of remembrance is located in what was an early version of the camp's gas chambers.
"We are witnesses to the vestiges of unspeakable cruelty, horror and death. Let us never forget these things and work always to prevent their repetition. Lord, bless the souls of those who suffered and perished here and deliver them from evil," Harper wrote. He didn't speak to reporters.
Former prime minister Jean Chretien visited the camp in 1999.
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