King wipes away tears as he becomes first British head of state to visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day
King wipes away tears as he becomes first British head of state to visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day
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Charles joins dignitaries from around the world to mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi concentration camp while Prince and Princess of Wales attend service in London alongside Keir Starmer. The King wiped away tears as he became the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, joining dignitaries from around the world to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp on Holocaust Memorial Day.
![[The Princess of Wales met 87-year-old Yvonne Bernstein as she attended official commemorations to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at Guildhall in central London]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/18/f06346b1c1a5196304db7e6364e4f970Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM4MDg3NDg2-2.78817330.jpg)
The British monarch was seen shedding a tear during a service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum and memorial in Poland on Monday afternoon. He bowed his head as he placed a candle at the site on behalf of the UK, alongside foreign monarchs, presidents, prime ministers and Holocaust survivors.
![[Prince William lights candles as symbols to remember all those who lost their lives in the Holocaust and other genocides]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/18/2195713517.jpg)
Earlier, Charles visited the heart of Krakow’s Jewish community, speaking with Holocaust survivors and issuing a warning to the world that remembering the “evils of the past remains a vital task” as he met those who lived through one of humanity’s darkest hours.
![[King Charles III lays a candle during commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/17/a484b8ea-aa25-4925-adeb-b303953c8071.jpg)
In the speech to those gathered at the Jewish Community Centre, he described 27 January – the day Auschwitz was liberated by soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front in 1945 – as “a moment when we recall the depths to which humanity can sink when evil is allowed to flourish, ignored for too long by the world”.
![[The gates of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, Poland]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/13/newFile-6.jpg)
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