Palestinian official visits Auschwitz memorial

Adviser on Christian affairs pays respects to Nazi death camp's victims upon invitation from Polish foundation
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An adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hasvisited the memorial at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz to pay respect to some 1.5 million camp victims, mostly Jews.
Ziad al-Bandak, who advises Abbas on Christian affairs, visited prisoner blocs, gas chambers and a crematorium in the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex that the Germans built and operated in southern Poland during their World War II occupation of the country.
Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were killed in the camp from 1940-45.
Al-Bandak, a Christian, came on an invitation from a private Polish foundation promoting tolerance.
In 2007, the Palestinian and the Israeli ambassadors to Poland made a joint visit to the memorial.
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