Bishop Markovsky: Today we want to pay tribute to all those who died in the Holocaust

Today we would like to pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. May their history inspire us to work responsibly for peace, dignity of life, dignity and liberty of every individual and country – Bishop Rafal Markovsky, Chairman of the Committee on Dialogue with Judaism at the Polish Bishops’ Conference, appealed.

On the eve of the International Holocaust, which marks the anniversary of the release of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former German Nazi concentration camp, Bishop Rafal Markovsky, chairman of the KEP’s Committee on Dialogue with Judaism, issued a special statement. The word was given to the BAP by the press office of the Episcopate.

After St., the hierarchy was emphasized therein. John Paul II “No one should be indifferent to Showa’s tragedy”. “This attempt to deliberately destroy an entire country casts a shadow over Europe and the rest of the world; it is a crime that has forever tainted the history of mankind,” Bishop Markovsky wrote.

KEP, the leader of the Committee for Conversation with Judaism, stressed that “the Holocaust experience is the direct opposite of command + that you love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Man, created in the image of God, received dignity and freedom with the gift of life,” he stressed. “The systematic annihilation of the Jewish people, the imprisonment and murder of citizens of almost all European countries occupied by Nazi Germany – the trampling of the gift of life, dignity and human freedom is shocking” – Bishop Markovsky assessed.

As he stressed – “Today we want to pay tribute to all those who suffered in the Holocaust”. “We firmly believe that God is the God of life and that man lives eternally in God.

He also said that Holocaust Memorial Day is an opportunity to commemorate the heroic deeds of many famous and unknown personalities such as St. Maximilian Maria Golpe. “.

“May their history inspire us to respect the life, dignity and liberty of each individual and nation, and to pursue peace responsibly,” Bishop Markovsky pleaded.

The Holocaust, also known as the Showa or Showa, was the genocide of European Jews committed by the Third German Reich during World War II. The number of victims is estimated at nearly 6 million, with one-third of these children. According to various sources, the number of Polish Jews among the victims of the Holocaust is estimated at 2.6 million to 3.3 million people.

On November 1, 2005, the United Nations declared January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Red Army set a date to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.