100 Parliamentarians from across Europe - including Ministers - are
gathered in Auschwitz today and tomorrow are being urged to concretely
tighten and toughen antisemitism laws in their countries through direct
legislation drafted by the Brussels based European Jewish Association
(EJA) and the European Action and Protection League (APL).
The two-day delegation - organised by the EJA and the APL, and other
partners from across Europe - takes in a symposium In Krakow and gala
dinner on day one, followed by a visit and memorial service to
Auschwitz-Birkenau on day two. It has been designed to mark the upcoming
75th Anniversary of the liberation of the death camp.
The meetings and gala dinner address the need for increased Holocaust
education in Europe as a top priority, and also include a recommitment
from all those present to the shared fight against hatred towards Jews
by enhancing and strengthening national legislation regarding
stereotyping and the sale for profit of nazi memorabilia.