The European Left sees itself in the tradition  of anti-fascism. Therefore we feel obliged to fight  the roots of fascism. "We must not ignore the lessons  of history. Let us take this seriously... We are  expected to counter the social demagogy of the Right with an active fight for social rights. We  do not permit any rewriting of history or closing  the files", declared Kurt Goldstein, defender of  the Spanish Republic, Jew, communist and Honorary President of the International Auschwitz Committee,  in October, 2004.

In the face of the Holocaust, of the liquidation  of human lives as an industrial process, the Oath  of Buchenwald: "Never again fascism! Never again  war!" is today more relevant than ever. The Party  of the European Left is deeply convinced: commemoration  means learning internationalism, means an intense  political fight against right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism  and neo-fascism.

Commemoration is a chance and a pledge for a future  society in peace and democracy.