Pence Lays Wreath, Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism During Auschwitz Visit

Vice President Mike Pence laid a wreath at a memorial and spoke out against anti-Semitism during his visit to Auschwitz on Feb. 15.

Pence toured the concentration camp with his wife, Karen, and Polish President Andrezj Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda. Pence laid the wreath down at the Death Wall, where prisoners at the camp were executed.

May Auschwitz be a reminder to all people and all times that to fall silent in the face of evil is to ensure its triumph. #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/ej7KhzMS6c

— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) February 15, 2019

Pence also laid a rose down on a train at Birkenau that the Nazis used to bring prisoners into the camps:

In the second part of their visit at @AuschwitzMuseum the President of Poland @AndrzejDuda and the Vice President of the USA @VP Mike Pence visited the site of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. pic.twitter.com/gG2guoDUY5

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) February 15, 2019

Toward the end of the tour, Pence said that Auschwitz is a reminder as to “why anti-Semitism needs to be universally condemned.”

“It begins with vile rhetoric, then proceeds into violence,” Pence said.

Pence described the experience of touring Auschwitz as “very hard to put into words.”

“The dimensions of what happened there, it’s unspeakable,” Pence said.

On Feb. 14, Pence spoke at the Warsaw Middle East summit, where he said Iran is calling for “another Holocaust.”