FRANCE: HUNDREDS OF FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP AT A CEREMONY IN PARIS
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FRANCE: HUNDREDS OF FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP AT A CEREMONY IN PARIS
- Title: FRANCE: HUNDREDS OF FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP AT A CEREMONY IN PARIS
- Date: 16th January 2005
- Summary: (U7) PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 16 2005) (REUTERS) 1. PAN; EXTERIOR PARIS TOWN HALL WITH SURVIVORS OUTSIDE 0.03 2. SURVIVORS OUTSIDE TOWNHALL 0.15 3. PAN: SURVIVORS INSIDE TOWNHALL 0.23 4. CU: SURVIVOR HOLDING AUSCHWITZ DOCUMENT 0.28 5. VARIOUS OF SURVIVORS INSIDE TOWNHALL (2 SHOTS) 0.33 6. SURVIVOR SIMONE VEIL ARRIVING WITH PARIS MAYOR BETRAND DELANOE AND OTHER SURVIVORS (2 SHOTS) 0.43 7. WS: SURVIVORS INSIDE TOWNHALL 0.46 8. PARIS MAYOR BERTRAND DELANOE AND SIMONE VEIL SITTING TOGETHER WITH SURVIVORS 0.49 9. CLOSEUP SIMONE VEIL 0.53 10. WS: PARIS MAYOR BERTRAND DELANOE WALKING TOWARDS MICROPHONE 0.57 11. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS MAYOR BERTRAND DELANOE SAYING: "Auschwitz will forever be the symbol of this crime and this ideology which terrorised and exterminated a people. That is why we are here today which is the first one of several this year and which will be a weapon on the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation for all those who still believe in barbarity". (2 SHOTS) 1.43 12. PEOPLE APPLAUDING 1.45 13. (SOUNDBITE) (French) SIMONE VEIL SAYING: "Churchill and Roosevelt are not Hitler, they have not committed absolute evil, and I am grateful to all those who saved us, to all those who died on the fighter planes which bombarded Germany, even if those planes also killed several civilians, but this was also something that had to happen for them to understand the lesson." 2.12 14. PEOPLE APPLAUDING 2.17 15. (SOUNDBITE) (French) MOISE JANKELEWICH SAYING: "We cannot generalise, the good exists everywhere, as much as the bad exist in France as well as in Germany, we still cannot say everyone is the same. We, towards the end, when we were at the limit of death, we were guarded by the SS who sometimes wanted to talk to us and when they saw an officer they would tell us: 'go, go away, I beg you, and return later'." 2.51 16. (SOUNDBITE) (French) MRS WELCMAN SAYING: "I am very moved by this ceremony and everybody's speeches. That has refreshed our memories, which in any case we will never forget, they will always be there." 3.06 17. VARIOUS: ORCHESTRA PLAYING/ SURVIVORS LISTENING (3 SHOTS) 3.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
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- Story Text: Survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp have
gathered for a ceremony at the Paris Townhall.
Hundreds of French Holocaust survivors on Sunday (16
January) marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
the Auschwitz death camp in Paris. The ceremony at the city
Townhall, the first in a series of French events planned
for the anniversary, came ahead of the official
commemoration at Auschwitz in Poland on January 27.
Former president of the European Parliament minister
Simone Veil, herself an Auschwitz survivor, addressed the
crowd at Paris City Hall, where many survivor had taken
their children and grandchildren.
"I am grateful to all those who saved us, to all those
who died on the fighter planes which bombarded Germany,
even if those planes also killed several civilians, but
this was also something that had to happen for them to
understand the lesson", she said.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe pledged to make 2005 a year
of remembrance.
In one of many events planned in Paris, the city town hall
organised an exhibit featuring 60 Holocaust survivors
who consented to tell their stories on film. Exhibit-goers
will watch the interviews at their own pace on DVDs. On
Jan. 27, a renovated Holocaust Memorial will open in Paris,
showcasing a simple stone wall engraved with the names of
the 76,000 French Jews deported during World War II. Only
2,500 of them survived.
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