President Reuven Rivlin met with Polish President Duda on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

At the end of their meeting Rivlin said: “We remember that during the war the Polish nation fought fiercely and bravely against Nazi Germany… [but we also remember that] many Poles stood by and even helped [assisted in the] murder [of] Jews in WWII.”

President Reuven Rivlin attends ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.