On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp by the Red Army, around fifty survivors as well as leaders from around the world will gather at the site to attend a major commemoration. However, some prominent heads of state will not make the trip.
A commemoration of international magnitude. It is this Monday that the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp by the Red Army will be celebrated on the Polish site steeped in history, in the presence of around fifty survivors and leaders from around the world. French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend the ceremony, but three leaders will be conspicuous by their absence: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, American President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
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Benjamin Netanyahu ‘busy with freeing war hostages’
First of all, the head of the Israeli government finds himself under an international arrest warrant. He preferred to decline the invitation. In the morning of Europe 1 on Sunday, the Israeli ambassador to France, Joshua Zarka, justified this choice. “The Israeli Prime Minister is a bit busy with the release of our war hostages, and ensuring that things start to return to some normalcy in Israel. Unfortunately, he was unable to participate,” a- he pointed out.
Poland had, however, taken the lead by ensuring Benjamin Netanyahu “free and safe” access. He will ultimately be represented by the Minister of Education, Yoav Kisch.
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Putin under international arrest warrant
Another big absentee, Vladimir Putin. If the Red Army discovered this death camp 80 years ago, the Russian president is not welcome there today. Given, among other things, the war in Ukraine, he was not invited. Note that as far as he is concerned, Poland would not have failed to enforce the international arrest warrant against him.
Finally, Donald Trump will not be there either. The new president of the United States will be represented by his special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
