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'Never Again': Memorials of terror

Max Zander Ille Simon, eg
January 17, 2017

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Memorials across Germany ensure the millions of victims of the Holocaust are not forgotten.  

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. A statue of two thin people next to the water.
Numerous memorials around Germany commemorate the victims of Nazi atrocitiesImage: picture-alliance/AP Photo/M. Schreiber
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