Remembering the Holocaust is a "duty
of civilisation," Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on
Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday.
"We are approaching the theme of memory with emotion and
agitation, with doubts and unresolved questions," he told a
ceremony at the Quirnale presidential palace.
He said the Holocaust was a paradox, pitting "men against
humanity".
Mattarella said "remembering expresses a duty of civilisation".
Th head of State Mattarella presided over a ceremony at the
Quirinal Palace in Rome, with Giuseppe Conte, who resigned as
premier on Tuesday but remains acting head of government, among
those present.
During the ceremony schools that distinguished themselves in the
19th 'I Giovani Ricordano la Shoah' (Young People Remember the
Shoah) competition will be awarded prizes.
January 27 is the anniversary of the day the Red Army liberated
the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in 1945.
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