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England team meet survivors of Holocaust ahead of the Euro 2012 in Poland

June 2nd, 2012 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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Helen Collis


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05:59 EST, 2 June 2012

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06:08 EST, 2 June 2012

Ahead of the Poland-based Euro 2012, the England team have been given very personal and moving accounts of the horrors of the Holocaust by two Jewish survivors.

Senior squad members including Steven Gerrard, Scott Parker and Jermaine Defoe met Zigi Shipper, 82, and Ben Helfgott MBE, 81, at the Grove Hotel in London.

The humbled squad were shown a short film setting the context of the Holocaust before Mr Shipper told the horrific story of his personal experience.

Both Mr Shipper and Mr Helfgott were young boys when their families were rounded up by the Nazis for being Jewish and imprisoned

Both Mr Shipper and Mr Helfgott were young boys when their families were rounded up by the Nazis for being Jewish and imprisoned

In his presentation on Thursday, Mr Shipper, pictured, revealed the harrowing ordeal that men, women and children underwent in the death camps

In his presentation on Thursday, Mr Shipper, pictured, revealed the harrowing ordeal that men, women and children underwent in the death camps

Both Mr Shipper and Mr Helfgott were young boys when their families were rounded up by the Nazis for being Jewish and imprisoned.

In his presentation on Thursday, Mr Shipper revealed the harrowing ordeal that men, women and children underwent in the death camps. Mr Shipper himself was sent to Auschwitz.

‘I told them about babies being shot and being put in gas chambers. The players really listened. You could have heard a pin drop – it was very powerful,’ he told the Sun.

Mr Shipper hoped that having shared their experiences, he hoped the team had learned more about the Holocaust and would remember the awful atrocities that took place

Mr Shipper hoped that having shared their experiences, he hoped the team had learned more about the Holocaust and would remember the awful atrocities that took place

England captain Steven Gerrard told The Football Association's website: 'As a footballer, you realise how lucky and privileged you are to lead the lives we are leading today.'

England captain Steven Gerrard told The Football Association’s website: ‘As a footballer, you realise how lucky and privileged you are to lead the lives we are leading today.’

Both Mr Shipper, right, and Mr Helfgott, left, pictured with Steven Gerard, were young boys when their families were rounded up by the Nazis for being Jewish and imprisoned

Both Mr Shipper, right, and Mr Helfgott, left, pictured with Steven Gerard, were young boys when their families were rounded up by the Nazis for being Jewish and imprisoned

‘I told the players, “You are role models, people listen to you, you must spread the message about the Holocaust”.’

The squad plan to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp during their stay in Poland as well as a factory once owned by Oskar Schindler, a German who helped save over a thousand Jews from death camps.

The German Euro 2012 team visited the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on Friday.

The German Euro 2012 team visited the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on Friday

The German Euro 2012 team visited the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on Friday

Mr Shipper hoped that having shared their experiences, he hoped the team had learned more about the Holocaust and would remember the awful atrocities that took place.

The England team will be staying in the Polish city of Krakow throughout the championship.

Following the moving meeting with the survivors, England captain Steven Gerrard told The Football Association’s website: ‘It was very moving and very inspirational for us. To come and share their experience with us shows great bravery and character.

‘As a footballer, you realise how lucky and privileged you are to lead the lives we are leading today. Theirs is a very interesting story and one that we’re privileged to hear.’

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I think this is a very good thing- hopefully the players will be able to reflect and see how lucky they are.

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Surely it’s not the British football team that require this presentation by the Holocaust survivors but the Ukranians and Polish, many of whom are extremely racist and therefore clearly need to be reminded of the damage that such hatred can do.

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What the hell has this got to do with a football tournament???

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No offence but what does this matter got to do with football…
This happened likes 70 years ago … Its enought that they keep making films about it ..every few years ..
Why don’t people concentrate on the atrocities carried on nowadays ..in a lot of countries …

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I cant understand why they have to visit
OK, if they want to go fair enough
but why does it have to be a big PR exersize
showing pics of the German squa like i was a big coup…
it was a terrible thing that hppend and no we should not forget
but why does our national team have to visit it

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Is there a similar project where the England team can go and been given very personal and moving accounts of the horrors of the Holocaust that happened with the 5 million Ukranians?

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