Over 60,000 Jews were murdered at the Nazi death camp.
The German president termed 'unbearable' efforts of the far-right AfD to minimise the evil perpetrated by the Nazis.
"And we shouldn't forget: the irresponsible word can lead to the irresponsible deed," Steienmeier said.
He went on to express his concern about cultural anti-Semitism among refugees and asylum seekers from North Africa and the Middle East.
However he was more worried by the home-grown variety such as in a so-called song mocking Auschwitz prisoners that won a leading German music prize.
"Incidents like that," he said, show me how much there is still to do."
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