Sir Keir Starmer visited Auschwitz ahead of the 80th anniversary of its liberation, calling the experience 'utterly harrowing'. He vowed to fight antisemitism and emphasized the importance of remembering the Holocaust's lessons.
Sir Keir Starmer has called his visit to Auschwitz 'utterly harrowing' and said he was determined to fight the 'poison of antisemitism'. The prime minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp where he laid a wreath ahead of the 80th anniversary of its liberation, during a trip to Poland to meet its political leaders.
in the hatred of difference'. 'The lessons of this darkest of crimes are the ultimate warning to humanity of where prejudice can lead,' he said. The prime minister warned of the rising threat of antisemitism in recent years, including in the UK. 'The truth that I have seen here today will stay with me for the rest of my life,' he said.
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