German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the opening event for the international remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz in Berlin January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - On the eve of Tuesday's 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germans had an everlasting responsibility to fight all forms of anti-Semitism and racism.
In what appeared to be an indirect reference to the grass-roots PEGIDA movement, which argues that Germany is being overrun by Muslims and refugees, Merkel told a memorial for the victims of Auschwitz: "We've got to fight anti-Semitism and all racism from the outset."
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