"This is a terrible black hole in the history of civilisation"

Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Gliński addresses the anniversary of the first mass transport of prisoners to Auschwitz. 

Deputy Prime Minister Gliński speaking at KL Auschwitz.

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"We must remember, for this is a terrible black hole in the history of civilisation" - Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Gliński's words as he lay a wreath by the plaque honouring the first transport of prisoners, in the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

"83 years have passed since the beginning of this criminal machine of death - the German Nazi concentration and death camp KL Auschwitz...":

Wicepremier @PiotrGlinski podczas uroczystości z okazji 🇵🇱 #DzieńPamięci Ofiar Niemieckich Nazistowskich Obozów Koncentracyjnych i Obozów Zagłady na terenie @MuzeumAuschwitz: Mijają dziś 83 lata od rozpoczęcia działania tej zbrodniczej machiny śmierci – niemieckiego… pic.twitter.com/dpJIsCv8o1

— Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego (@kultura_gov_pl) June 14, 2023

Deputy Prime Minister Gliński perhaps also alluded to the Polish government's demands for reparations:

"Unfortunately the German nation as a community is responsible for these awful tragedies - it was Germany that determined the fate of the representatives of other nations."

Sources: PAP, Twitter

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