AJC Welcomes Clinton Announcement of $15M for Auschwitz Preservation

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Jul 04, 2010, 02:07 ET

NEW YORK, July 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC welcomed the announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of a $15 million contribution to assist with the preservation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

"We warmly thank Secretary Clinton for announcing this generous contribution, which will ensure the upkeep of the Auschwitz site," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "If the memory and the lessons of the Holocaust are to be transmitted to future generations, it is vital that resources are available to maintain those sites where the Nazis carried out their slaughter."

A number of buildings and other key features of the Auschwitz site are in poor condition and require repair. Announcing the U.S. contribution, Secretary Clinton said the funds "will help preserve the camp so that future generations can see for themselves why the world must never again allow a place of such hatred to scar the soul of humankind."

SOURCE American Jewish Committee