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80 years later the memories of this horrible
part of our history are still alive.

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But, how long will it take
unto last eye-witness dies?

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How long will it take until these memories are
only pictures and texts in our history books?

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Something unreal.

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The holocaust will always be a part 
of our darkest history.

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We can't erase what happened

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but we can prevent it from happening again.

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Even when all eyewitnesses are dead

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they're knowledge will continue to live in us.

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We will always have places like Auschwitz
to remember the horrible past,

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to remember the horrible things
humans were capable of doing.

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 We only need to keep in mind

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that all of this was reality

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and not just a distant past.

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For us, Monowitz was an impressive example

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of a place where history took place

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and nowadays you can see only a few traces.

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On the area of Monowitz people
used to live their normal lives.

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But during World War II

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the Nazis turned the area into a part
of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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and called it Auschwitz-Monowitz.

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It was used as a first labor camp for IG Farben.

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After the war,

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Monowitz turned into a village again.

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Today we can still see some remains

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of the farmer camp

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like bunkers or some barracks

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which have been turned into houses.

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The people are now living in a place

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where prisoners used to work

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under inhuman conditions and even died

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because of exhaustion.

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For us,

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this was an unimaginable at first

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and raised up questions

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 how people moved on

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and what you can see from history

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 beside the memorial sites.

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After the war,

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society tried to draw consequences.

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The biggest of them all:

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the founding of the European Union.

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At first there were only
a few countries involved

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but time after time

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the union grew bigger and bigger.

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This is a sign

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that we should not live apart 
from each other

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but in a connected community.

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We should help each other out

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instead of fighting against each other.

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Today there are many traces

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of connections between countries

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that once fought against each other.

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Coexist

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is now a very important word

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in our European vocabulary.

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We need to continue to work together

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to keep the balance alive.

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For example,

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in the current refugee crises

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we have to help each other out

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and not accuse other countries

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of not doing enough.

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Civil courage,

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kindness

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and humanity

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should be key values to human kind.

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These values cannot only be found in politics

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but also in the relationships between civilians.

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Today we live in a modern society

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where people from different origins

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or religions

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live in houses next to each other.

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A key to make such societies work

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is a certain balance.

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Another example of an institution

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which developed further after the war,

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after the holocaust,

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 is the United Nations.

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The declaration of human rights

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was written in 1948

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even under the presence of

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the former concentration camp prisoner 
Stéphane Hessel.

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But does the past of our country define 
who we are?

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Are we still responsible or guilty

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for what another generation did 80 years ago?

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We are not responsible

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for what the generations of our 
great grandparents did.

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But personally we strongly believe

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we should always remember the past

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and be aware that this terrible history happened

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even if you cannot see traces first.

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We have to make sure it never happens again.

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We still can ask for reconciliation and peace.

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Institutions like the European Union

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or the United Nations

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can help us to keep peace.

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They were founded to prevent war.

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Their main goals are global peace,

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international security

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and to remind us to respect 
the human rights in every action.

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But we as individuals are responsible

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for making these goals possible,

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at least in our close surroundings.