Tearful King Lays Wreath in Memory of Victims at Auschwitz

[@dab7271]

As an American Jew, I am humbled to see this gesture from the king. He appears genuinely emotional in this video, and I thank him for making this important and meaningful trip. Never forget, never again.

[@Beirut27]

Unfortunately other genocides, even if not of the same magnitude, were perpetrated after WWII 😢. We never learn👿 !

[@distaffer]

A kind and compassionate Man, he is about to cry, as we all should for such evil and loss

[@johngriffin9476]

Yes we should show compassion but the evil is still here 😭

[@francescarose1453]

@@johngriffin9476 You are sadly right. You would think that we would have learned something from the evil Nazis reign of terror and genocide. I do not believe that the World will every forget that part of history.

[@CarolineHynes-st5hs]

​@@johngriffin9476📿👪🙏🌹

[@pamelaoliver8442]

I think he did cry. He looked like he was grabbing a hankie while walking away. I can't imagine not crying there. Just looking at footage of it is moving

[@tracymcardle7395]

Rest in peace all of the people murdered❤❤

[@lucyweyls383]

You’re a fortunate nation England. Your king has a moral compass and shows empathy towards others. God bless the king.

[@DanaFeil]

Ja die Engländer können sehr stolz sein auf ihren König samt Royaler Familie

[@LegalNoticesuk-l3m]

Except his own people...

[@grww4056]

Also, much loved King of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Be corrected.

[@user67847]

Yes, I believe he is a good man.

[@Cliff-g4w]

@@user67847 nope

[@anniecampbell7375]

I was just here a few days ago , it's absolutely heartbreaking, I'll never forget it 💔

[@sandyhossman7771]

I couldn't bring myself to visit a concentration camp after seeing Anne Frank's attic. My father helped liberate Dauchu, he could never talk about it. BLESS King Charles lll on the Holocaust memorial day. May we never forget.

[@azalia423]

@ Whenever I think of Hind Rajab I think of Anne Frank

[@Amanita-Minute53]

I don't know how anyone can maintain composure. I would be a sobbing mess.

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

Bless him, he clearly was moved to have been there.

[@abigale8983]

He finally got what he wanted. He wanted to come and pay respects and try to make sure the media doesn't turn it into a circus. He didn't want to put the survivors through that media circus at there age. You can tell that learned that from both of his parents. And we will never forget what happened ever.

[@MariaFiorellaBorrini8]

RIP for all the victims of the Holocaust 🙏🕯🤲🌿

[@pedrojuangutierez3117]

not only holocaust...first victim was polish 18 y girls - person of oposition...

[@Guitar-qv6gu]

@@pedrojuangutierez3117this is remembering the holocaust 🙄

[@Elaine-uc6hd]

Nice to see Charles feeling well enough to travel and pay his respects in person, he's a very genuine, compassionate man, 🙏💙🥰.

[@Cliff-g4w]

not for the british people though

[@francescarose1453]

@@Cliff-g4w You are being unkind and you obviously have no idea what our Royal Family do to help others. I am proud that our King is reminding us of the 6 million Jews who were industrially massacred during the Second World War. This is not a time for nastiness.

[@HenrisDaddie]

@@Cliff-g4wTroll - you’re just spewing nonsense.

[@Cliff-g4w]

@ the truth or don't you care

[@davidkennedy6351]

He and his family are hypocrites . Let’s remember all the non Jews who perished. What about Israel now and what they are doing to their neighbours. It’s the same it’s genocide

[@geefull]

In my younger days I visited our twin town as part of a group and we were taken to see the site of a concentration camp, that feeling and knowledge has never left me and never will. Peace to all and may we never forget.

[@60isthenew21]

Will never forget .

[@samanthavigor3085]

Thankyou my king for visiting this awful place , and paying your respects on behalf of the people of England ! Lest we forget ! 😔😔😔😔😔

[@francescarose1453]

I agree with you and I am proud of our King for paying respects. Our King does not just represent England - one country.. He represents all 4 nations in the UK and it was a Scottish King who united the Thrones of 2 Kingdoms. King Charles III is equally our King in Scotland and long live our King.

[@garyrowden7150]

@@francescarose1453 the King is king to 14 other realms, we are all very luck y to have him, Charles the kind

[@noeleneroodt783]

So heartbreaking, the shoes, the suitcases, 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@pamelaoliver8442]

The hair ...the all of it 💔

[@azalia423]

I feel the same looking at G aza.

[@gildedage6020]

Some of my relatives were killed by the nazis. One can see how moved his Majesty was therefore I was moved by him.

[@francescarose1453]

My relatives were involved in the Second World War II as well. We must never forget the sacrifice of all of them including the industrialised massacre of over 6 million Jews. How could the Nazis have murdered so many little innocent children?

[@apollonia6656]

A lot of my relatives died in WW2 fighting for their freedom....my relatives were not Jewish ! Think of all the other non-News who fought for a change and thank them !

[@azalia423]

@ And gentiles who died in the camps.

[@MsBhappy]

​@@apollonia6656Remembrance Day exists. The war was not fought with the goal of saving Jews. Would your relatives appreciate your whataboutism that lacks sensitivity, empathy and respect?

[@katkatsanis]

I'm very sorry to hear that. May their memories be for a blessing.

[@HenrisDaddie]

The King as a caring sovereign paid his respects. 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 We must remember and always educate future generations about the horrors deliberately caused by the Nazis and fascists.

[@Mattherat15]

Well said.

[@donnajarvis9542]

I cannot imagine what it is like to walk where all those per victims walked not knowing what was to become of them. Thank you King Charles for observing this sad day.

[@Bernards-f4j]

Its good the king goes over for the commonwealth. He speaks well and it was before our time

[@abacus299]

Never forget.

[@joaniegoodrow548]

King Charles is a man to be admired for his empathy and compassion. He listens intently and asks questions as he wants to know as much as possible about what took place in this terrible place during the war.

[@maggiemondo7459]

King Charles is so brave to go and see the suffering of the people of Jewish faith. I am not brave enough to go as it would be too upsetting to see in situ how they suffered due to the inhumanity of human kind.

[@nadasimich1267]

I turn to mush just watching films about it 💔

[@LisaZinter]

May God continue to bless you King Charles! You are a good kind man.

[@Beirut27]

A seventy-six-years old man, fighting cancer in his own body and in his family, braving the freezing cold to celebrate the memory of all the victims of ruthless barbarism, with tears in his eyes. Elizabeth II was perfect, Charles III is deeply human.

[@Ztandard32]

Let's hope next time he remembers all victims. Let's hope next time he remembers all victims equally without hierarchy.

[@missmitra.a96]

God save The King

[@lyndaalterio1027]

GOD BLESS KING CHARLES! He was so moved by what he saw, and teared-up at one point. We will NEVER FORGET!! R.I.P. all those who lost their lives during those horrendous times. It never should have happened!! I lost family members in Dachau - and it is unimaginable how tortured and humiliated those poor people were and what they had to endure on a daily basis and the fear that they lived with every day. It is absolutely heartbreaking.

[@vincentvega1348]

Kiedy widać było te łzy?

[@natzajac70]

A wonderful and quiet poignant statement made by King Charles as he laid tje wreath and looked back at block 11 May je always be blessed for his sincere compassion

[@janetclaireSays]

King Charles feels things so deeply.

[@ShannonNunn-s6f]

Thank you Sir

[@monichat]

Who will commemorate the 30 million Russians who died during WW2 but managed to save Europe

[@ker3917]

@@monichat Talk to your leader, Putin.

[@Paul_Greenwood_]

God Bless the king, true servant and respect throughout his visit.

[@theoisaac9948]

The King.

[@indigocheetah4172]

May their memory be a blessing. The sad expression on King Charles' face shows how we all feel in this place where so much cruelty is inflicted on so many innocent people. Absolutely heartless, what was inflicted on people for what? I am sending my prayers and love to the Jewish people from Australia.

[@helenjackson1666]

Must be soo emotional to be there and see and listen to the horrendous torture they went through , i cry each time i see this place , but the History of the past must never be forgotten , this barbaric behaviour must never be repeated, Our King has so much Empathy

[@Mandie.s.m.s]

That made me cry it's the 1 st time since the loss of his wonderful mama that he has showed emotion🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

❤ from The USA I have ALWAYS loved The UK Bless you your Majesty 🙏

[@elisabethipoutcha3551]

Le roi Charles est ému aux larmes. 😢

[@Doctor.Kästien.Louis.Rosenberg]

As a Jew who lost family members in the Shoah / Holocaust, including at Auschwitz I’m so proud to see His majesty King Charles visiting . He’s a deeply inspirational, devoutly holy man . He’s an inspiration to us all . I pray he recovers from his cancer , along with Princess Catherine. May G-d bless them all. Doctor Rosenberg.Tel Aviv, Israel 🇮🇱🤝 🇬🇧

[@lindawatkin9667]

What a sensitive loving man he is .His grandmother saved the lives of many Jews.

[@Frohds14]

Only one family.

[@christinemearns2129]

@@Frohds14 better than none.

[@asa1973100]

Whilst King Edward was conspiring with hitter to take over Europe.. Even going for afternoon tea in concentration camps with Wallace Simpson in the guards houses

[@ker3917]

​@@asa1973100 This isn't about Edward.

[@asa1973100]

@@ker3917 that’s right it isn’t. It’s always best to whitewash things isn’t it?

[@WilhelmSmit-ql5vc]

HRH Charles 111 emotional visit to Block 10/11 and yard where many people were liquidated was exactly how I reacted on my visit. This site stirs the soul and will remain impactful for the rest of my life.Todays 80th Commemoration with the speeches and candle lighting memorial truly moving occasion.

[@Guitar-qv6gu]

HM King Charles III. 111 is ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN 🙄

[@joannmitchell1314]

May God bless King Charles and family, keep them safe and healthy 🥰🇺🇸

[@eros-alatus]

Thank you, Your Majesty! May the souls of the victims rest in peace🕯️By the way, did you know that on the wall of Westminster Abbey there is a monument to Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest who gave his life for another man in Auschwitz? Thank you UK for your memory!

[@ThomasErismann]

Ein großer König.Gott schütze König Charles.

[@gordonsmith8899]

Vielen Dank Thomas

[@DerekSewell-uk]

We really must look after these place to show the next generation what happened so this never happens again. Our King really done well (God save the King)

[@ewaskepiec8226]

Nie można zapomnieć takiego cierpienia niewinnych, bezbronnych ludzi ❤🙏❤

[@teresanajda1494]

Tak tylko Krol Karol wymienil Zydow,Romow ,itp ale nawet nie wspomnial o milionach Polakow ofiar nazistowskiej zbrodni ....zapomnial wspomniec o pomordowanych Polakach na Polskiej ziemi😢

[@manichairdo9265]

That was deeply poignant. 😢😢😢

[@joannesmith3991]

im not really a fan of the royal family as such , but this as you can see in charles face he found to be very upsetting , it showed a side of him i have never seen before , but then as a king of england now and in the eye of every one he can not be seen to cry

[@chrismullan7191]

he is not just the king of England,he is king of the United Kingdom, and the 14 other commonwealth realms.

[@delwynjenkins3581]

If you watch KZbin documentaries of King Charles you will learn that he is and always has been a man of great kindness & love. Look up his work with The Prince's Trust which he started with his own money in the 70's

[@mannian28]

HM’s compassion for other people is reflected in the trust he founded as the Prince’s Trust (now renamed the King’s Trust), which has given people a 2nd chance in life for 49 years

[@virginiapierre1266]

Such a blessing to see the King looking so good and paying tribute to the holocaust victims May God keep you safe and healthy 🙏🏾👋🏼🙏👐😇🕊️👋🙌🏽 2:49

[@CLNS_Nick]

God bless the king.

[@leddielive]

Good for King Charles 🤴 for helping raise awareness, especially to our younger generations, of the horrors warfare & tyrants atrocities. Lest we forget.

[@albeyl3859]

That is what schools are for not the king

[@gordonsmith8899]

@@albeyl3859 Nonsense, children are taught empathy by their parents. The King was doing his part by example.

[@JayneHynd]

They are all in the arms of the Angels...

[@jeanbowles9786]

His feelings were plain to see 😢

[@123brownjames]

A truly historic moment for the King, RIP to all those who died there and we must never forget 🇬🇧🇮🇱

[@katkatsanis]

May all of the fallen ones' memories be for a blessing. Specifically speaking, may they bless us with being equipped to stop this sort of collective tragedy, in our day and age. AMEIN/AMEN

[@MaryMelin]

How good of the King to visit. Just the sight of the remnants of the horrors, creates a feeling of despair and pain in my heart. Never Again….

[@amycrawford8562]

Very moving

[@FinarfinNoldorin]

Long live King Charles

[@MsLoma1212]

We remember 🙏🙏🙏

[@seasonschange4337]

Thank you, King Charles 111 Bringing light to this tragedy of the past at this present time in Our World was a wise decision. I could see how moved you were. We must never forget this, for we never want this cruelty to ever return. God bless and keep you. King Charles 111

[@Guitar-qv6gu]

King Charles III. 111 is ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN 🙄

[@sallywatton2580]

Let's hope history is not repeating its self

[@halfpakichick]

It unfortunately is!! Victims of the past are perpetrators of the present!!

[@jpapillon47]

🥺😥🤗💐💐💐 Sending a big virtual hug to our emotional king...very touching...🙏

[@theresapotter]

God Bless King Charles 🎉🎉❤

[@Mattherat15]

As a brit we should also remember that Russian soldiers rescued the people of this horror.

[@Mattherat15]

God save the king❤

[@donnalayton6876]

Thank you King Charles for visiting one of the most horrible places on earth. God bless those who were murdered there and Gid bless King Charles.

[@tishamathis1607]

This brought me to tears

[@JennyTolios]

Where His Majesty laid that wreath was the site of countless executions via firing squad. I remember seeing that wall...you can still see the bullet holes. Absolutely tragic and heartbreaking to witness. 😢 The King looked devastated...

[@ElizabethClement-j9z]

Thank you your Majesty 💙🙏💙🙏💙🙏💙

[@iankeeley1854]

God bless king Charles 3rd. ❤

[@mariaalacchi2963]

Molto commovente. Il re è una persona sensibile ed empatica.

[@flavioferrari-oss8736]

King Charles! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@christinemearns2129]

Oh, those shoes.😢

[@francescarose1453]

It breaks your heart to think about all of the pain and suffering. How can any human being have massacred innocent little children. Thank you King Charles for showing respect for human beings whose lives were taken from them too early.

[@Northrop_Tr3b]

Fashion parade 1940s?))😂

[@Neptune44u6k6]

To think that this happened relatively not long ago and that were staring at a place where over 6 million people were killed for no justified reason is really eerie to think about❤

[@Neptune44u6k6]

🙏😢

[@Neptune44u6k6]

😭

[@Neptune44u6k6]

💔

[@garyrowden7150]

only 30 years before i was born and i do not consider myself old

[@JanetteMach-v4b]

Rest in peace in GOD'S l9ving arms.

[@suell1090]

Yahweh felt know, He saw everything in camps: many Jews and other faiths who were there, grave pain that breaks our hearts! We will always hold on to nostalgia, cherishing our memories with those we love.

[@beverleybutler7685]

The shoes and suitcases, unbearable😔

[@barbaralowe3729]

He is a truly great kind king

[@jean-claudepuhetini5978]

God Bless and Save HM The King Charles III🫅👑🎺📯🎷🥁🔔🏰🫡🇬🇧

[@MonsieurOak]

Thank goodness it was not Prince Harry, God save your King man.

[@zafarwestern]

The Holocaust teaches us the importance of standing up against hatred in all its forms. Silence is not an option #NeverAgain 🕯💔🙏

[@francescarose1453]

Spot on. Sadly humans do not seem to learn that hatred, is not the answer.

[@robinaddis-vaughn7271]

Heavy is the head that wears the crown! Long live King Charles III!

[@heavenlyvilla8681]

I wish this seemed less of a photo op for some with people taking photos of Charles and focus more on why he felt it important to be there, to remember and never forget. It is important we never forget mans inhumanity to man.

[@woowah32]

Bet it’s even eerier in the dark 😟

[@davidgravell3132]

Wonderful ❤️ God Save The King 🇬🇧

[@DarrenTurner-d2i]

Auschwitz must be creepy at night.

[@shut-yuh-rass]

I think it's creepy in the day never mind at night! Too much misery happened there. I wouldn't go there.

[@francescarose1453]

@@shut-yuh-rass Auschwitz is basically the biggest graveyard in the world.

[@shut-yuh-rass]

@@francescarose1453 idk about that. That title goes to a cemetery in either Iraq or Iran, I believe. Didn't they rebury the dead elsewhere?

[@Northrop_Tr3b]

Yes, the decorators decorated it very well after the war)

[@Dipsy-u1o]

God bless the lovely king Charles 🙏🏿👍🏿

[@NixonAlexandra]

🎉BLESSINGS 🎉KING 🎉CHARLES 🎉UNITED 🎉WE 🎉STAND 🎉🎉

[@Echiya]

What an example of grace and remembrance. This American thanks the Creator our embarrassment of a President is not there to blemish it all. Thank you GB and God Bless the King.

[@sophiekampitsch829]

#neverforget

[@michaeldad]

😢🙏🏽#WeRemember

[@geoffmillington6784]

Dear King Charles a totally compassionate man. We must never ever forget what happened there and at other camps.

[@jenniferjager6259]

Ich war nur einmal in Dachau. Man spürt immer noch die Angst, Verzweiflung und das Leid der verschleppten und ermordeten. Ich kann den Gedanken kaum ertragen, dass wir wieder geradewegs darauf zulaufen. 😢

[@Ztandard32]

Heading? The ICJ and Amnesty International have told us it has already arrived and happened again. Do you deny that too?

[@whereintheworldaremamapapa8668]

Nothing can prepare you for visiting there. The little children's shoes, the suitcases, the canisters that were once filled with the poison that killed so many😢 Let us never forgot the inhumane atrocities carried out by an ego maniacal dictator😢

[@FannyWalters]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@IwanSatau]

💝

[@fran-kittyayers5329]

I remember the late Jerry Springer visiting so moving i also remember the story of his father a survivor, as a lad he asked his father why do you keep a car but never drive it, he replied in case we need to go, god bless them and all who were taken.

[@marlenegardner2696]

We live next door to a Jewish man, whose parents when he was very young escaped Poland just before the Germans invaded. When I think of all the persecuted Jewish men, woman, children and babies, who were murdered just because they were Jews, it makes me livid, and I thank the Lord that some did manage to find refuge in other countries including UK.

[@dominikbajorek8039]

Kochajmy sie mocno,badzmy dla siebie bracmi,przyjaciolmi,kims wiecej nie dzielmy sie na narody,wiary,przekonania,kolor skory i wyglad czaszki.Zycie jest jedno i krotkie wiec tworzyc musimy jedna wielka rodzine.Mamy taka mala planete i tyle pomyslow .Prosze pomagajmy biednym,chorym nie dzielmy se i nie pokazujmy co mamy materialne.Pokazujmy co mamy w sercu i walczmy o pokoj.❤

[@karenvondermehden5054]

God bless the King.

[@gabrielabiniek8819]

Powiedziała mu o polskim zakonniku franciszkaninie ,ojcu Maksymilianie Kolbe;świètym który oddał swoje życie za życie kolegi z obozu?nie ma większej miłości gdy kto swoje życie oddaje za życie drugiego

[@tracymcardle7395]

God bless King Charles❤❤

[@guillerminagonzalez7506]

Dios tenga en su Gloria a todas las personas que murieron allí.,

[@MaryBrown-cn2uu]

Thank you Charles for visiting this horrendous place. You have a heart, you care.😢.

[@susanjennings4113]

People have told me it is chilling, harrowing and horrific visiting this place of evil. King Charles showed this on his face when placing the wreath. I felt like that visiting Anne Franks house in Amsterdam the sadness was overwhelming and so don’t think I would cope in this horrid place. 😢

[@elke9499]

How can we 😢