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Prince Charles warns world leaders over ‘hatred’ during Holocaust remembrance speech

The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders to learn the lessons of the past and combat hatred and intolerance, during a speech in Israel marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

Condemning the scourge of anti-Semitism, Prince Charles described the extermination of six million Jewish people during the Second World War as a ‘universal human tragedy’ affecting all, not just the families of those killed by the Nazi regime.

Speaking at the World Holocaust Forum, the heir to the throne told guests, which included Russian President Vladimir Putin and France’s President Emmanuel Macron, that the story of ‘incomprehensible humanity’ must not be forgotten.

He went on to warn that ‘hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart’ but society must remain ‘resolute in resisting words and acts of violence’.

Speaking at the largest international event in Israel’s history, staged at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, Charles said: ‘The Holocaust was an appalling Jewish tragedy, but it was also a universal human tragedy, and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons.’

He told the guests the stories of the Holocaust belonged to many of those in the hall and Jewish people across the globe.

Charles added: ‘But we must never forget that they are also our story: a story of incomprehensible inhumanity, from which all humanity can and must learn.

‘For that an evil cannot be described does not mean that it cannot be defeated.

‘That it cannot be fully understood, does not mean that it cannot be overcome.’

Warning that intolerance was never far away, he said: ‘We must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence.’

During his speech Charles also paid tribute to the ‘selfless actions’ of his grandmother, Princess Alice, who in 1943 while living in Nazi-occupied Greece, sheltered a Jewish family in her own home.

In 1993 Yad Vashem bestowed the title of Righteous Among The Nations on her and she is buried at the nearby Mount of Olives.

Charles described the title as ‘a fact which gives me and my family immense pride.’

The event was held to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz being liberated by Soviet troops on January 27 1945.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledged during his speech that ‘the worst crime in the history of humanity was committed by my countrymen’.

He added: ‘Seventy five years later after the liberation of Auschwitz I stand before you all as president of Germany and laden with the heavy historical burden of guilt.’

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales’s office has denied claims he snubbed US Vice President Mike Pence during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Clarence House said Charles did not ignore President Donald Trump’s deputy during the World Holocaust Forum, but had a ‘warm and friendly’ chat earlier.

Footage during the event showed the prince talking to one dignitary then moving past Mr Pence and his wife Karen, before stopping to talk to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A Clarence House spokeswoman said: ‘Shortly before the Yad Vashem memorial event began, the prince and Vice President Pence and his wife had a warm and friendly chat, which is why they did not greet each other again in the room.’

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