AUSCHWITZ .Chief of Staff Leads IDF Delegation Through Auschwitz

EL JEFE DEL ESTADO MAYOR DEL TSAHAL ENCABEZA LA MARCHA DE LOS VIVOS EN AUSCHWITZ -BIRKENAU

The IDF Chief of Staff led a delegation of IDF officers through the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. As they walk, the delegation sings 'Eli, Eli', by Hanna Szenes. Szenes was parachuted by the British Army into Yugoslavia to assist in the rescue of Jews about to be deported to Auschwitz. She was captured, imprisoned and tortured, and eventually executed by firing squad.