Germany doubles pledge to Auschwitz-Birkenau preservation fund
Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Mass understand the importance of Holocaust education to fight the surge of rising antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
On December 6, 2019, in front of the notorious gate at the site of the former Auschwitz- Birkenau concentration and extermination camp marked “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free), from left to right: Piotr M.A. Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and President of the Ausch(photo credit: SHAHAR AZRAN / WJC)ByCELIA JEAN