Trencin to broadcast names of Holocaust victims during far-right rally

The names of Trencin's Holocaust and WWII victims will be read aloud in the city centre on Thursday (October 17) as the city's response to a rally to be held on its Peace Square by the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) planned between 2 and 7 p.m. on the same day, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Trencin mayor Richard Rybnicek announced that the names of Trencin inhabitants deported to concentration camps between 1939-45 or murdered during the struggle for liberation will be read out over loudspeakers. "This is how we want to honour the memories of all those who laid down their lives for freedom," said Rybnicek, adding that the names will be read out by Slovak writer and poet Silvester Lavrik to the soundtracks of the films The Pianist and Schindler's List.