CPF in Auschwitz for 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

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27. januar 2015

H.K.H. Kronprinsen deltager i højtideligholdelse af 70-året for befrielsen af koncentrationslejren Auschwitz. Auschwitz-Birkenau, Polen.

27 January 2015

HRH The Crown Prince participates in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland.

http://kongehuset.dk...ejren-auschwitz

HRH The Crown Prince on Tuesday, 27th of January, 2015 participates in the commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

The commemoration takes place on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, and as well as Crown Prince Frederik the Nordic royal houses are represented by HRH Crown Princess Victoria and HRH Crown Prince Haakon. The Polish president and survivors of the camp will also be present at the event.

70th anniversary will be marked in a number of countries and by the United Nations. In Denmark celebrations include the use of educational activities and are part of the teaching in schools. The purpose of the activities is to focus on the genocide and the ethical, social and political challenges that ensued from the genocide. The decision to have an annual commemoration in Denmark was taken in the Stockholm International Forum in January 2000, when heads of state from 47 countries adopted a declaration for the promotion of research, education and remembrance of the Holocaust.

On the 27th of January 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz, which in the period 1941 to 1945 housed the prisoners, of which over one million lost their lives in the camp.

Danish Auschwitz Day

http://www.auschwitz-dag.dk/sw87108.asp

International Auschwitz Day

http://70.auschwitz.org/index.php?lang=en

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http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/

Official representatives at the commemoration ceremony

Argentina - Patricia Beatriz Salas, Ambassador

Australia - Josh Frydenberg, Assistant Treasurer

Austria - President Heinz Fischer

Belgium - King Philippe I, Queen Mathilde, Prime Minister Charles Michel

Bulgaria - President Rosen Plevneliev

Canada - Tim Uppal, Minister of State, Multiculturalism

Croatia - President Ivo Josipovic

Cyprus - Andreas Zenonos, Ambassador

Czech Republic - Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka

Denmark - Crown Prince Frederik

Estonia - Harri Tiido, Ambassador

Finland - Speaker of the Parliament Eero Heinaluoma

France - President Francois Hollande

Germany - President Joachim Gauck

Hungary - Zoltan Balog, State Secretary for Social Inclusion in the Ministry of Administration and Justice.

Ireland - Charles Flanagan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Latvia - The Speaker of the Saeima Inara Murniece

Liechtenstein - Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture

Lithuania - Linas Linkevicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Luxembourg - Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel

Malta - President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

Monaco - Jose Badia, The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

New Zealand - Finlyson Chris, Minister of Culture

The Netherlands - King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Prime Minister Mark Rutte

Norway - Crown Prince Haakon, Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Poland - President Bronislaw Komorowski

Portugal - Bruno Macaes, State Secretary for European Affairs

Russia - Sergey Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia

Serbia - Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy

Slovakia - President Andrej Kiska

Slovenia - President Borut Pahor

Spain - Jesus Posada Moreno, President of the Congress of Deputies

Sweden - Crown Princess Victoria

Switzerland - President Simonetta Sommaruga

Turkey - Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs

The United Kingdom - Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Ukraine - President Petro Poroshenko

The United States - Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury

Vatican - cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz

Thanks to Marianne@gremb for this info

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Sources for live coverage

http://auschwitz.org/en/

https://www.facebook...schwitzmemorial

https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum

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Following the ceremony

http://www.theguardi...ceremony-unfold

http://www.bbc.com/n...europe-30996555

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Photos from the ceremony

http://www.bt.dk/udl...erlever#slide-1

http://fbcdn-sphotos...4cb545ccf042972

http://www.gettyimag...vents/534522987

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/president-of-ukraine-petro-poroshenko-and-his-wife-maryna-news-photo/462349430

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Articles

http://www.b.dk/nati...fre-i-auschwitz

http://www.jv.dk/art...fre-i-Auschwitz

http://cphpost.dk/news/crown-prince-attends-auschwitz-memorial.12400.html

BB "Emotional Crown Prince Frederik at commemoration in Poland"

http://www.billedbla...elighed-i-polen

BB article from earlier in the week

"Crown Prince Frederik joined by Victoria and Haakon in Auschwitz"

http://www.billedbla...kon-i-auschwitz

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/world/europe/holocaust-survivors-ever-dwindling-in-number-gather-at-auschwitz-for-memorial.html?_r=0

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Good pictorial coverage at this blog

http://www.newmyroyals.com/2015/01/auschwitz-70th-anniversary.html

[mls]

Thanks for the links

Good photo of Frederik

[abbie]

Thanks, that is a lovely photo of Frederik.

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http://indonesien.um.dk/da/~/media/Polen/Images/News/_MG_3167%20small.jpg

http://indonesien.um.dk/da/~/media/Polen/Images/News/_MG_3110%20small.jpg