The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday welcomed Pope Francis' visit to Rome to a Holocaust survivor on Saturday, emphasizing her "
moral integrity
" and "
sense of history
."
The Pope visited the Roman home of Edith Bruck, a poet of Hungarian origin naturalized Italian with whom he spoke for about an hour on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Vatican, during their conversation they “
underlined the value of memory and the role of the oldest in cultivating it and transmitting it to the young
”.
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“
As neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism and other forms of racism resurface in many places around the world, the moral integrity and sense of Pope Francis' history set an example for people to follow. other political and religious leaders
, ”said CJM President Ronald Lauder in a statement.
Edith Bruck, 88, who has lived in Rome for many years, has dedicated her life to witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust.
It was two strangers whose last words she had heard at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp who asked her to do so: “
Tell me, they won't believe you, but if you survive, tell, tell for us too!
"
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During their meeting, the Pope and Mrs. Bruck also evoked "
these moments of light which illuminated the infernal experience of the camps and the fears and hopes marking our time
", according to the Vatican.
