On January 27, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the “Tagesschau” focused on memory of the attempted Jewish destruction of the Nazis. There was a special contribution immediately after the 8-o’clock gong from the Holocaust-surviving Margot Friedländer. The now 103-year-old opened the show with an urgent message:
“What was, we can no longer change. But it must never happen again. Democracy, humanity: there is no Christian, Muslim or Jewish blood. There is only human blood. We are all the same. We are born in the same way, so respect people. ”
In a detailed interview with Tagesschau24, Friedländer spoke about her experiences during the Holocaust and emphasized the importance of remembering especially for successor renovations. She commented on her concern about the current increase in anti -Semitism in Germany and pulled parallels to the past: “That’s how it started at the time.”
Friedländer survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp as the only one in her family. Her younger brother Ralph and her mother Auguste were murdered in Auschwitz in 1943, father Arthur and her aunt a year earlier. In recent years she has become the most important voice of memory of the Nazi crimes. She tirelessly gave interviews, attended schools and told about her past. Finally, she was even honored with a “Vogue” cover.
Margot Friedländer is disappointed, but also encourages
In the “Tagesschau”, memorial campaigns for the anniversary of the Auschwitz exemption were reminded. There were further thoughts from Friedländer. With a view to the ever increasing right -wing populist parties in Europe, she was disappointed. “I wouldn’t have expected it. When I came back to Germany, after I lived in America for 64 years, it was quiet. ”She criticized Sundays of Sunday, who reminded the abomination of earlier times, but no longer followed her own warnings during her tenure.
The 103-year-old appealed in particular to the young generation to take responsibility and to stand up against intolerance. She emphasized the importance of education and education to ensure that such crimes never repeat themselves.
As a credo to face hatred and agitation, Fieder recommended: “Be people.”