That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of regular Germans—and Europeans more broadly—facilitated or silently accepted these actions.

King Charles met with Holocaust survivors at the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow and heard from volunteers about the center's work. While there, Charles described the day as “both a somber and indeed a sacred moment.