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Emhoff says somber Auschwitz visit key to antisemitism work

2 monthes ago   |   By My Sanantonio

KRAKOW, Poland - Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, said he was deeply moved by a “solemn and sad” visit to the former site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, describing it Saturday as an important part of his work combating antisemitism for the Biden administration.
Emhoff told reporters he would never forget his emotional Friday visit to the memorial and museum at the site in Poland, where he saw children's shoes and human hair stripped from people before they were killed in the Nazi German camp. Some 1.1 million people were killed there during World War...
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