Pope Benedict XVI has singled out Nazi concentration camps as the epitome of evil and said they came about when man forgets there is a G-d.
Speaking Sunday to pilgrims gathered at the Castel Gandolfo papal retreat, the pope said the camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and the "hell that comes to earth when man forgets G-d and replaces him, usurping his right to decide what is right and what is wrong, to give life and death."
The pope made the statement while remembering two Christian saints who had died in concentration camps.