World leaders met in Jerusalem for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation. 'At the same time, the gathering exposed a number of old and festering political wounds, which threatened to weaken the impact of it,' writes David A. Andelman, CNNOpinion
David A. Andelman, Executive Director of The RedLines Project, is a contributor to CNN where his columns won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing. Author of"A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today," and the forthcoming"A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy and a History of Wars That Almost Happened," he was formerly a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Europe and Asia. Follow him on Twitter @DavidAndelman.
The world converged on Jerusalem this week to observe the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp -- and with a collective determination to battle anti-Semitism in its many forms. At the same time, the gathering exposed a number of old and festering political wounds, which threatened to weaken the impact of it.
Some 40 heads of state or government from Russian President Vladimir Putin to French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial to pay homage to those who died and to pledge"never again." The actual anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where at least 1.1 million were slaughtered in the Nazi death camp, will be marked on Monday in Poland.
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