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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Auschwitz memorial service
On January 28, 75 years after Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a memorial service at Westminster, also in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day. During the service, William read an extract of a letter written by his great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark, who helped hide Jewish families during the Holocaust in Greece and is recognised as a Righteous Amongst the Nations by Yad Vashem, … Continue reading
Posted in The United Kingdom | Tagged Holocaust, The Duchess of Cambridge, The Duke of Cambridge | 1 CommentPrince Charles joins leaders and survivors at Auschwitz commemoration
On January 23, Prince Charles attended a commemoration in memory of the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation at Yad Vashem in Israel. The memorial took place during the Prince of Wales’s two day trip to Israel and Palestine. He is due to visit Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories, as his first official visit to the area. Princes Charles’s own grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark, hid a Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in The United Kingdom | Tagged Holocaust, Israel, The Prince of Wales | 1 CommentCharles and Camilla Conclude European Tour in Austria
On Thursday, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall finished their European tour in the beautiful city of Vienna. Their day started at the Jewish Museum, where Charles and Camilla met Holocaust survivors and listened to their stories about the camps, their families and life afterwards. Prince Charles spoke about his grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and her efforts during the Second World War, protecting a Jewish family … Continue reading
Posted in The United Kingdom | Tagged Agriculture, Austria, Holocaust, Horses, Official Visit, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales | Leave a commentThe Prince of Wales Hosts Holocaust and Genocide Survivors At St James’s
On Thursday at St James’s Palace in London, the Prince of Wales hosted a reception for survivors of the Holocaust and the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. Prince Charles was presented with the International Auschwitz Committee’s Statue of Remembrance during the reception, for his “work promoting tolerance and open-mindedness”. The statue is an inverted ‘B’, in honour of the resistance shown by prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp who inverted … Continue reading
Posted in The United Kingdom | Tagged Holocaust, Patronage, The Prince of Wales | Leave a commentCrown Princess Victoria Asked About Family Past At Auschwitz Memorial
While attending the official commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in Poland yesterday, Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria was asked a question which has led to public outcry. “Has the Crown Princess considered the family history?” asked SVT reporter Rolf Fredriksson, before clarifying the double-sided aspect of the question, “There were relatives further back who were sympathetic to the Nazis and then there was Folke Bernadotte who, with … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden | Tagged Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Holocaust, Media, Public Opinion | 2 CommentsLuxembourg’s Grand Dukes Attend Holocaust Memorial Concert
While their son and daughter-in-law were in Poland for the official commemoration, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa tonight attended a concert to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The concert, organised jointly by MemoShoah and the Israelite Consistory of Luxembourg, was held at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg City, and was attended by a members of Luxembourg’s government and members of the Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Luxembourg | Tagged Concert, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Holocaust, Music, Patronage | Leave a commentRoyals Gather in Poland for Auschwitz Anniversary
Members of several European Royal Families today attended a commemoration service in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp by Soviet forces. The Kings and Queens of Belgium and the Netherlands, the Crown Princes of Denmark and Norway, the Crown Princess of Sweden and the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg were all present at the service, which took place in front of … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands | Tagged Anniversary, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Holocaust, King Philippe of the Belgians, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Poland, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, World War II | Leave a commentCharles and Camilla Attend Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have attended an event in London to commemorate the day. Together with Prime Minister David Cameron and the leader of the opposition Ed Miliband, the couple spoke with survivors of the Holocaust and listened to stories of victims during the national commemoration at the Methodist Central Hall. Prince Charles delivered a speech during the event, stating … Continue reading
Posted in The United Kingdom | Tagged Holocaust, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales | Leave a commentPrincess Margarita and Prince Radu Visit Israel
Crown Princess Margarita and Prince Radu of Romania have paid the first visit of a member of the Romanian Royal Family to Israel since the state’s formation in 1948. The couple arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where they spent the day at the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), meeting with various politicians: Ruth Calderon, Deputy Speaker; Yael German, Minister of Health; and Zeev Elkin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Topics of discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Romania | Tagged Bilateral Relations, Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Holocaust, Israel, Prince Radu of Romania, Working Visit | 1 CommentHans-Adam II Angers the Jewish with Comments about Holocaust
Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein has angered the Jewish community with his comments regarding the Holocaust in an interview with the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt. The 64-year-old Prince stated that it was the tiny alpine nation’s banking secrecy laws which allowed “some Jews to buy their safety during the Holocaust by using money they had deposited in Liechtenstein or Switzerland.” He also claimed that the laws helped citizens of Europe’s former communist … Continue reading
Posted in Liechtenstein | Tagged Finances, Germany, Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, Holocaust, Interview, LGT Group | Leave a commentKing of Morocco recognizes the Holocaust
The 45 year old King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has formally admitted the Holocaust. King Mohammed declared the Nazi genocide of the Jews “one of the most tragic chapters of modern history” a few days after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, denied it had ever occurred. King Mohammed VI announced his support of the Aladdin Project, which is a Paris-based program run by the Foundation for the Memory of the … Continue reading
Posted in Morocco | Tagged Holocaust, Mohammed VI of Morocco, World War II | Leave a commentPrince of Wales To Discuss Battenberg Grandmother in a Film
The Prince of Wales is set to recall his other, often-overlooked, grandmother, the late Princess Andrew of Greece, born Princess Alice of Battenberg. In royal photographs Princess Andrew is the mysterious lady seen wearing a somber nun’s habit, as she did at the coronation of her daughter-in-law in 1953. The Prince will appear in a film, The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust, that will tell the stories of 12 people … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Historical Royals, The United Kingdom | Tagged Alice of Battenberg, Biography, Films, Holocaust, House of Battenberg, The Prince of Wales, World War II | Leave a comment