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Buckingham Palace has revealed that King Charles III’s first foreign visit of 2025 will be to Poland for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former German Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945.
The 76-year-old monarch will attend a commemoration ceremony later this month at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial after meetings with political leaders and members of the local community in the southern Polish city of Krakow.
“The King will attend a commemoration service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial in Poland, marking 80 years since the liberation of the former German Nazi concentration camp on 27th January 1945,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
According to Reuters, More than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at the camp or from starvation, cold and disease.
While in Poland, Charles will meet members of the local community in Krakow and President Andrzej Duda, Buckingham Palace said. It will be Charles’ fifth visit to the country.
