King Charles told Holocaust survivors it was 'sombre and sacred' to be in Poland today as he became the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau. Survivors were applauded as they entered the ceremony before addressing invited guests.
Campaigners have criticised Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh for failing to mention Jews as victims of the Holocaust. The presenter has apologised for the 'baffling' mistake during the ITV show's coverage of the 80th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day yesterday.
The event commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. During a segment reporting on King Charles's visit to the camp, Ms Singh listed several groups who were murdered at the camp, but did not include Jews - who suffered the most deaths. The presenter, 47, said: 'Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the Second World War, as well as millions of others because they were Polish, disabled, gay or belonged to another ethnic group.''Jews. The word you're looking for is"Jews", not"people". This truly beggars belief,' the group said. 'This dire reporting is not only factually incorrect but erases Jews from a genocide in which six million Jewish men, women and children were slaughtered specifically because they were Jews.' Ranvir Singh apologised for making the 'baffling' mistake during the ITV show's coverage of the 80th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day yesterday Ms Singh said: 'In yesterday's news, when we reported on the memorial events in Auschwitz, we said six million people were killed in the Holocaust but crucially failed to say they were Jewish'The CAA said that during the whole two-minute segment on Holocaust Memorial Day, which included a piece to camera from GMB correspondent Nick Dixon live from Auschwitz, there was only one mention of Jews. They accepted that the segment mentioned history students taking a tour of the Jewish quarter of Kraków but said it failed to mention the word 'antisemitism'. Issuing an apology today, Ms Singh said: 'In yesterday's news, when we reported on the memorial events in Auschwitz, we said six million people were killed in the Holocaust but crucially failed to say they were Jewish.More than a million people were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Most of them were Jews, while others were Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Roma and members of other persecuted groups. King Charles shed a tear yesterday as he listened to stories from Holocaust survivors during his visit to Auschwitz - the first for a British head of state. He said in an address: 'It is 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. 'In a world that remains full of turmoil and strife, and has witnessed the dangerous re-emergence of antisemitism, there can be no more important message – especially as the United Kingdom holds the Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The Prince of Wales gave a reading and lit a candle at a moving ceremony in London, which Catherine also attended Read More King Charles sheds a tear at Auschwitz 80th anniversary service in tribute to victims and survivors 'As the number of Holocaust survivors regrettably diminishes with the passage of time, the responsibility of remembrance rests far heavier on our shoulders, and on those of generations yet unborn. 'The act of remembering the evils of the past remains a vital task and in so doing, we inform our present and shape our future.' Earlier, the King was welcomed by dignitaries as he landed on a Royal Air Force plane at Krakow Airport before visiting the Jewish Community Centre in the city. There, he was introduced to Bernard Offen, the centre's oldest survivor at 95, as well as Zofia Radzikowska, 89, some of the 58 Holocaust survivors in Krakow who use the centre. 'You Majesty, do you remember me?' Mrs Radzikowska - who previously met the King during a visit to Krakow in 200 - asked.'Oh no, no, no,' Charles replied, smiling.'You are wonderful to be here today. It's a great joy for me to come back to Krakow and have this chance to see you because I am thrilled that this centre is doing so well and is expanding its reach. More and more people come here,' he said, smiling.'I am so thrilled and happy about that,' the King replied.Told that they were among the centre's most active residents, the King asked Mr Offen: 'Are you singing in the choir? ''I know that feeling, it gets worse,' chuckled the King. 'You can see each others and make lots of old friends here? Still amazing and energetic by the looks of it. You had such a dreadful time, didn't you, in the war. The camps you ended up in. You survived, thank God.' The Prince of Wales gave a reading and lit a candle at a moving ceremony in London, which Catherine also attended.
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