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Slovakia opens Holocaust museum in former Nazi camp
Slovakia´s prime minister Robert Fico speaks during the opening ceremony of a museum of Holocaust, in Sered, Slovakia, Tuesday
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Slovakia´s prime minister Robert Fico speaks during the opening ceremony of a museum of Holocaust, in Sered, Slovakia, Tuesday. The museum is located in the western town of Sered at a site of the former Nazi labor and concentration camp. Slovak leaders, including President Andrej Kiska and Prime Minister Robert Fico have officially opened the new museum of Holocaust in Slovakia. (Lukas Grinaj/TASR via AP) (Lukas Grinaj/TASR via AP)
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span class="inline inline-center">Slovakia´s prime minister Robert Fico speaks during the opening ceremony of a museum of Holocaust, in Sered, Slovakia, Tuesday. The museum is located in the western town of Sered at a site of the former Nazi labor and concentration camp. Slovak leaders, including President Andrej Kiska and Prime Minister Robert Fico have officially opened the new museum of Holocaust in Slovakia. (Lukas Grinaj/TASR via AP)
Slovakia's president and prime minister have opened the country's first Holocaust museum at a site of a former Nazi labor and concentration camp.
Andrej Kiska and Robert Fico inaugurated the museum at a ceremony Tuesday in the western town of Sered.
Fico said: "We are obliged to document the tragedy of the Slovak Jews."
Slovakia was a Nazi puppet state during World War II. It sent over 70,000 of its Jews to Nazi concentration camps, where most of them perished and only has a tiny Jewish community today.
After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918, Slovakia became part of Czechoslovakia, which split peacefully into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. (kes)(+)
