Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-02-25

President Tsai Ing-wen participated in a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Taipei on

President Tsai Ing-wen participates in a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Taipei on Sunday. (CNA photo)

Sunday. It was part of a series of events sponsored by the representative offices of Israel and Germany.

A Jewish prayer service included the lighting of six candles in memory of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Organizers also screened a documentary about a Republic of China diplomat based in Vienna who risked his life and career to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

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