President Obama Announces Delegation to Attend Event Marking 70th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz
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US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will lead delegation to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp later this month. Photo Credit: HASSAN AMMAR/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama announced on Saturday the delegation that would represent the United States at the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month.
The anniversary, on Jan. 27, celebrates the liberation of perhaps the most notorious concentration camp during the Holocaust.
The delegation will be led by Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew and will include two individuals who survived the camp. Israel Arbeiter and Irene Weiss, who were held at the camp years ago, will travel to Poland for the event, as will David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee.
Also making the trip will be U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Crystal Nix-Hines, and representatives from the Departments of State, Health and Human Services and the National Security Council.
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