Peres at Auschwitz: I wish that Ahmedinejad would visit here

By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

Thousands of people marched in silence Tuesday at the site of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland in remembrance of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, while sirens sounded across Israel at 10 A.M., bringing the nation to a halt to mark the observance of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day.

Speaking at Auschwitz, Kadima MK Shimon Peres said, "The Iranian president said there was never a Holocaust. I would hope that he could come here and see the human hair, the eyeglasses, and the eyes that were behind them, and to ask: 'Why, why did this happen?' The world, like back in the 30s, vacillated, didn't believe declarations and found excuses.

"We don't such a right. We need to defend ourselves and we are able to do so. We must understand there are crazy forces in the world. We must identify them and stop them before it is too late," Peres added.

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