Auschwitz After 65 Years

People walk through the infamous gate, with the words
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A Long Walk To Freedom
People walk through the infamous gate, with the words "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) above them. Survivors from Auschwitz, veterans and international leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to address the German parliament in Berlin, participated in ceremonies Wednesday marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and to remember the Holocaust victims.

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