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Senator Weiner marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, urges renewed focus on memory
Summary
During the Jan. 28 Senate session, Senator Weiner recalled survivor testimony and quoted advocacy groups to warn against forgetting the Holocaust and the dangers of unchecked hatred.
Senator Weiner used a personal-point statement during the Iowa Senate session on Jan. 28 to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and to urge colleagues and the public to remember the lessons of the Holocaust.
Weiner said the commemoration and survivor testimony underscore how hatred escalates over time and warned that declining public knowledge about the Holocaust is “deeply disturbing.”
Weiner recounted survivor Tova Friedman’s remarks…
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