Pope Francis walks alone through horrors of Auschwitz
His
head bowed, the pope prayed in silent contemplation before meeting
Holocaust survivors -- some of whom he tenderly kissed -- in front of
the death wall where the Nazis summarily executed thousands of people by
firing squad.
Among
the survivors he embraced were Helena Dunicz Niwinska, a 101-year-old
woman who played the violin in the Auschwitz orchestra, as well as
survivors who worked at the camp hospital or who were there as children.
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