The European Parliament holds a ceremony to commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp 75 years ago, in Brussels. Address by Anita LASKER WALLFISCH, surviving cellist of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz, in the presence of the world famous cellist, Maestro Mischa Maïsky and by Zoni WEISZ, Sinti survivor of Auschwitz, member of the International Auschwitz Committee and the Dutch Auschwitz Committee in the presence of David SASSOLI, EP President and Liliana SEGRE, Italian Senator for life, survivor of Auschwitz and family photo.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz: arrivals, meeting with David SASSOLI, EP President and extracts from the speeches

Title: International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz: arrivals, meeting with David SASSOLI, EP President and extracts from the speeches (I-183540)

Arrival of Anita LASKER WALLFISCH, surviving cellist of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz and handshake with the famous cellist Maestro Mischa Ma&iuml;sky (3 shots).

Arrival of David SASSOLI, EP President and Liliana SEGRE, Italian Senator for life and survivor of Auschwitz. Handshake with Anita LASKER WALLFISCH, surviving cellist of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz (2 shots).

SOUNDBITE (Italian), David SASSOLI, EP President, We meet today with great emotion to remember all the victims of the Shoah and to affirm the duty for everybody, in particular for us as Europeans, to act always in defence of human dignity and our values. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Anita LASKER WALLFISCH, Surviving cellist of the Women&apos;s Orchestra in Auschwitz, Why was this Holocaust more offensive, more malignant than anything that has happened in history before? It is not a question of numbers. Millions of black people have been slaughtered in the history. Who can count the Armenians, the American Indians, the aborigines, to name just a few? This genocide was different because of its sublime efficiency, mass burial, where nothing is wasted: human skin for reading lamps, human flesh for soap, human hairs for pillows, men's teeth for investment. No waste. In the all history of murdering men there has never been a more accomplished, ingenious cavalcade of cruelty. Let's not forget that. Ever.

SOUNDBITE (English), Anita LASKER WALLFISCH, Surviving cellist of the Women&apos;s Orchestra in Auschwitz, Anti-Semitism hits the headlines again, a terrifying feeling of d&eacute;j&agrave;-vu. The same old clich&eacute;, coupled with a complete lack of knowledge of the reality and what or who these people, these Jews really are.

SOUNDBITE (English), Zoni WEISZ, Survivor of Auschwitz, There was a police officer, what we call a good police officer, probably a member of The Underground. And he told us: "If I take off my cap, you have to run for your life". Imagine: here is the platform, there is the train to Auschwitz, and on the other side of the platform, there was a regular passenger train, like any passenger train. All of a sudden the men took off his cap and we ran and we managed, we were a group of seven people, we managed to jump in that passenger train. And it started almost immediately to take off. And I still hear and almost every day I still hear my father yelling to my aunt: "Musla, Musla, take good care of my boy".