Visit to Poland

January 26 to 27, 2020

The Governor General travelled to Poland to attend the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz.

January 26, 2020

Upon arrival in Poland, the Governor General met with Holocaust Survivors who rebuilt their lives in Canada after the war.

The Governor General shakes hands with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-005
The Governor General is reading a letter given to her by a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-008
The Governor General chats with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-009
Two Holocaust survivors shake hands.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-010
The Governor General chats with a Holocaust survivor and his family.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-013
Leslie Scanlon, the Ambassador of Canada to Poland, speaks with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-014
The Governor General chats with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-020
The Governor General chats with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-021
Canadian Member of Parliament, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, chats with Holocaust survivors.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-035
The Governor General chats with a Holocaust survivor.

The Governor General met Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war during a reception hosted by the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Leslie Scanlon.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0015-043

January 27, 2020 

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

Photo of the overall view of the ceremony.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-003
Survivor speaking from a podium.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-008
Survivor speaking from a podium.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-018
Survivor speaking from a podium.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-020
Survivor speaking from a podium.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-021
The Governor General and other word leader are sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-025
The Governor General and other word leader are sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-028
Survivors sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-031
Survivors sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-033
Survivors sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-035
Survivors sitting in the audience.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-039
Photo of the overall view of the ceremony.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-044
Photo of a building in Auschwitz.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-048
Candle beside a monument.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-064
Survivors and world leaders walked with candles in their hands.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-069
Survivors and world leaders walked with candles in their hands.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-070
The Governor General places a lite candle at the monument.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-075
The Governor General places a lite candle at the monument.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-076
Photo of the railroad tracks.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-080
Photo of a building in Auschwitz.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-086
Photo of a building in Auschwitz.

The Governor General attended the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz. The commemoration ceremony took place in front of the “Gate of Death” of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp and featured remarks by survivors and His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.  Survivors and world leaders then paid tribute to the more than one million people, over 90 per cent of whom were Jews, who lost their lives at the camp during the Holocaust.

  • Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG05-2020-0017-092

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