The Greek Parliament observed a minute of silence on Monday, January 27, to honour the over 67,000 Greek Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. The solemn moment marked the International and National Day of Commemoration for Holocaust victims.
“Our Greek Jewish brothers, who were sacrificed on the barbaric altar of Nazism, constituted the fifth-largest ethnic group at Auschwitz. The Holocaust of the Jews is the greatest group crime in the history of mankind and an insane truth,” Deputy Speaker of the House Thanasis Bouras told Parliament.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by the Soviet army.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a statement, noting that 67,151 Greek Jews were among the six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis across Europe.
The ministry emphasised the importance of remembering these atrocities to ensure that the darkest chapters of history are never forgotten.
Source: Ekathimerini.
