Visit to Poland - January 27, 2020

January 28, 2020

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then payed tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Photo of the overall view of the ceremony.
  • Survivor speaking from a podium.
  • Survivor speaking from a podium.
  • Survivor speaking from a podium.
  • Survivor speaking from a podium.
  • The Governor General and other word leader are sitting in the audience.
  • The Governor General and other word leader are sitting in the audience.
  • Survivors sitting in the audience.
  • Survivors sitting in the audience.
  • Survivors sitting in the audience.
  • Survivors sitting in the audience.
  • Photo of the overall view of the ceremony.
  • Photo of a building in Auschwitz.
  • Candle beside a monument.
  • Survivors and world leaders walked with candles in their hands.
  • Survivors and world leaders walked with candles in their hands.
  • The Governor General places a lite candle at the monument.
  • The Governor General places a lite candle at the monument.
  • Photo of the railroad tracks.
  • Photo of a building in Auschwitz.
  • Photo of a building in Auschwitz.