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King Charles III of the United Kingdom will take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. This is the first visit by a British monarch to a place that has become a symbol of the Holocaust, according to the official website of Buckingham Palace.
Programme of the visit
- Charles III will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial.
- He will take part in a memorial service to honour the victims of the tragedy.
- In Krakow, the King will meet with the local community and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Support for Holocaust remembrance
Charles III has been actively supporting initiatives to preserve the memory of the Holocaust for many years. As patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Foundation, the monarch organised events at Buckingham Palace. One of the participants was 94-year-old Manfred Goldberg, a survivor of several concentration camps.
This will be Charles III’s fifth trip to Poland, but the first with a focus on commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. Earlier in 2020, his wife Camilla took part in the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
In 2015, the King’s predecessor, Elizabeth II, visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, which demonstrates the long tradition of the British crown commemorating the victims of Nazi crimes.
