Auschwitz’s last survivors urged the world not to forget the horrors of the Holocaust as they marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi death camp’s liberation.<br /><br /> Some 300 of them returned for the ceremony in Poland along with world leaders – paying their respects to the 1.1 million people, mainly Jews who died there.<br /><br /> And from memories of the past came warnings for a modern world. Jews have become alarmed at a growing under-current of anti-Semitism, fuelled by anger at Israeli policy in the Middle East, social tensions over immigration and economic hardship brought on by austerity. Some or all appear to have contributed to a rise of far-right political movements.<br /><br /> Speaker Ronald Lauder said:<br />“I cannot ignore what is happening today. Jews are targeted in Europe once again, because they are Jews.”<br /><br /> Roman Kent, an Auschwitz survivor added:<br /> “We do not want our past to be our children’s future.”<br /><br /> It had been a day of deep felt emotion, symbolic gestures and much reflection. At night fa
