The German Bundestag commemorated the victims of National Socialism at its traditional Ceremony of Remembrance on Wednesday, 28 January 2026. This year’s guest speaker addressing the Members of the Bundestag was Polish-American therapist and social worker Tova Friedman. Born into a Jewish family in 1938 in Gdynia near Gdansk, as a child she survived the German extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. She is one of the few remaining contemporary eyewitnesses to the fanatical racism and work of destruction perpetrated by the National Socialist regime. Together with her grandson Aron, Tova Friedman operates a TikTok account where she posts short videos to keep the spirit of remembrance of the Shoah alive among young people. The account has over 500,000 followers.