Martin Schulz delivers a stirring call to end all forms of anti-Semitism, xenophobia and fascism as Parliament joins Prague in a memorial ceremony for Auschwitz victims.

70 years on: avoiding a repeat of Auschwitz horrors

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Those who cannot remember the past  are condemned to repeat it.

Winston Churchill’s words were quoted by  the Vice President of the EU Parliament

on the opening of a memorial ceremony  organised by the Parliament

to mark 70 years since the liberation  of Auschwitz.

The attacks and threats  against the Jewish community today

are attacks and threats  against our values and identity.

Clearly there is a rise of the most virulent  and violent form of anti-Semitism

Another ceremony in the Czech Republic  hosted by, amongst others,

the European Jewish Congress,  was shown live on a big screen.

In our parliaments, in our daily lives,  on the streets, wherever,

and whatever kind of  fascism arises, appears,

we must stand up and say: “not with us”.

This is the best way to set an example  for our children and their children.

More than 6 million Jewish people were  exterminated during the Second World War.

Today, Has Europe  learned the lessons of history?