Merkel pays tribute to Holocaust victims in US speech

Published: Tuesday November 3, 2009

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday paid tribute to the six million Jews and other victims who perished during the Holocaust, which she called a "break with civilization."

In an address to a joint session of US Congress, Merkel also expressed regret for the "hatred, destruction and annihilation Germany brought over Europe and rest of the world," during World War II.