Roberta Metsola was given the award in recognition of her support to the Jewish community in Europe. Credit: Times of Malta
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was on Monday presented with the King David Award from the European Jewish Association (EJA) in recognition of her support to the Jewish community in Europe.
In an acceptance speech, she said the award will serve as a continuous reminder of heinous crimes committed against humanity, and to recall the importance of speaking up in defence of European common values.
The award was given after her visit commemorating the victims of the holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Camps.
Metsola also laid a wreath at the so-called Death Wall and participated in a memorial ceremony.
Metsola pledged to honour the legacy of the Holocaust victims “by never forgetting, by never being indifferent, and by always, always speaking up”.
"At this place of horror, we must find hope. Our promise to those lost and to those who survived is to remember, to never be silent and to build a new world in their memory. We remember”, said President Metsola at the end of her visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Camps.
Source: Times of Malta
