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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, who are touring Poland, paid respect to the victims of a Nazi German concentration camp today as they were guided around the site by two Jewish survivors.

The royal couple are on a goodwill trip to Poland and Germany aimed at underscoring Britain’s intention to maintain friendly relations with the European Union after it leaves the bloc.

They flew to northern Poland from Warsaw, where they and their children were staying at the Belvedere Palace.

At the Stutthof museum they were guided by two survivors of the camp, Manfred Goldberg and Zigi Shipper, both 87, from north London.

The royals were shown discarded shoes, clothing and other personal items that were seized from the inmates on arrival at Stutthof. They were also shown the gas chamber where those too sick to work were killed.

The couple paid their respects to the victims by placing remembrance stones at the Jewish memorial.

The German Nazis set up the Stutthof camp right after invading Poland in September 1939. Out of some 110,000 inmates of various nationalities, as many as 65,000 died in the gas chambers or from disease, hunger, hard labour or during evacuations. Some 28,000 of the victims were Jewish.

Later, the royal couple travelled to nearby Gdansk, on the Baltic coast, where they shook hands with a welcoming crowd among the city’s Gothic and Renaissance architecture. They tasted traditional Polish pierogi — pastry stuffed with meat — and Goldwasser herbal liqueur that contains tiny flakes of gold.

The Duke and Duchess are shown a series of exhibits that illustrate the conditions in which prisoners had to live at Stutthof. pic.twitter.com/OSYVFK4OZm

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Their Royal Highnesses are led in a short prayer by Zigi and Manfred, who are Jewish survivors of Stutthof. pic.twitter.com/J6Z8vQe4l6

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The couple pay their respects at the Star of David in memory of 28,000 Jews who died at Stutthof and the 6 million killed in the Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/XtrzulxqTw

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The Duke and Duchess leave Stutthof through what was known as the ‘Death Gate’ with survivors Zigi and Manfred. pic.twitter.com/lzAm0fS2Nm

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The Duke and Duchess walk through the site of the camp with the Director of Stutthof Museum, Piotr Tarnowski. pic.twitter.com/le5n5evwTx

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(AP)