Damir hazrat Gizatullin, first deputy of mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin, took part in the events at Poklonnaya hill in Moscow today.

The ceremony was devoted to commemoration of the victims of Holocaust and the soldiers of the Red Army who sacrificed their lives in the titanic struggle with Nazism. Tomorrow, whole world will celebrate 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. Out of all Nazi extermination camps, this one earned reputation of being the most dreadful "death factory".

During WWII years, at least half a million people of all nationalities were killed in this camp, with majority of them being Jewish. The anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is commemorated as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.