Maryam Rajavi at the ceremony marking 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp – Council of Europe – Strasbourg
On Monday, January 26, 2015 Maryam Rajavi invited by members of the Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe and accompanied by Mr. Jordi Xucla President of ALDE group, participated in a ceremony organized by the Council of Europe marking the 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.
70 years ago at 27 January 1945, the prisoners of Auschwitz, one of most horrific death camp of Nazis, were liberated by Soviet Union at the final days of World War Two.
UN general assembly designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, President of Nobel peace prize committee and former Prime Minister of Norway, Mrs. Anne Brasseur President of PACE, leaders of political parties, members of Parliaments of 47 member countries at the Council of Europe as well as representatives of observatory countries and NGOs took part in this ceremony which was organized by the Council of Europe.
