Representing the liberator Soviet army, a Russian officer listens to a speech as people commemorate in Budapest synagogue on January 19, 2025, during the 80th annyversary of the former Budapest Ghetto's liberation from the World War II period. Gathering in Europe's largets synagogue, Hungarians marked the anniversary of the liberation of the ghetto set up by the Nazis in Budapest, where thousands of Jews died. The ghetto existed from November 1944 to the liberation of Budapest by the Soviet Army on January 17, 1945. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)
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