The ceremony was organized by the European Jewish Congress (EJC) in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the EU and the Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF). – The Holocaust was a catastrophe in the history of Europe. It would not have happened without anti-Semitism, a process of deeply dehumanizing people of Jewish nationality. It was the dehumanization of the Jewish population led by Nazi Germany that paved the way for the Shoah. We must never forget that, said von der Leyen. – Today we also look to the future. The foundation for building Europe after...