René van der Linden: ''We must not accept that the horrors caused by the Nazi regime and the memory of the Shoah are banalised, questioned, denied or even ridiculed''

[25/01/05] Six million Jews died during the Holocaust. Six million faces, six million names, six million human fates.
Together with millions of other Europeans, who were killed because of their ethnic origin, disability, political views or sexual orientation, they were the victims of the worst crime in the history of mankind.

A crime conceived, planned and carried out here in Europe, less than a lifetime ago', PACE President said during the commemoration ceremony of the 60the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Council of Europe.

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