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Israeli deputy Prime Minister at the Auschwitz Memorial
Ehud Barak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel, visited the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum with Mrs. Barak on October 15.
The Deputy Prime Minister toured part of the Museum exhibition, including block 4, dedicated to the destruction of the Jews, and block 5, where some of the belongings plundered from the victims are stored. He also visited the courtyard of block 11, the “Death Block” where the Nazi Germans shot prisoners, and the building that contains crematorium and gas chamber no. 1.
Next, the guests went to the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. A wreath was placed at the monument to the victims of the camp and the national anthem of Israel, the Hatikvah, was sung.
Ehud Barak was born in 1942. He is leader of the Israel Labor Party. He was chief of the general staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 1991-1995, and Prime Minister from 1999-2001. He is now Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
