Merkel expresses 'shame' during Auschwitz visit, vows to fight anti-Semitism
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Angela Merkel expressed “deep shame” on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial and vowed to fight rising racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe.