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Spielberg was talking to Holocaust survivors in the southern
Polish city of Krakow, ahead of the main event marking 70 years
since Soviet troops liberated the Nazi German Auschwitz death
camp.
"If you are a Jew today, in fact if you are any person who
believes in the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom
in free expression, you know that like many other groups, we are
once again facing the perennial demons of intolerance," the
Oscar-winning filmmaker said.
The director won an Academy Award for Best Director for
"Schindler's List," his 1993 movie about a German who saved more
than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the
Holocaust, warned of spreading anti-Semitism.
"(There are) Facebook pages identifying Jews and their
geographic locations with the intention to attack and the
growing efforts to banish Jews from Europe," said Spielberg.
"My hope for tomorrow's commemoration is that the survivors will
feel confident that we are renewing their call to remember. That
we will not only make known their own identities, but in the
process help form a meaningful, collective conscience for the
generations to come."
The commemoration on Tuesday at the site in southern Poland
where the Nazis killed about 1.5 million people, mainly European
Jews, between 1940 and 1945, may be the last major anniversary
when survivors attend in numbers.
(Writing by Agnieszka Barteczko; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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