In pictures: Bush visits Auschwitz

1 of 6 George and Laura Bush visited Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in Poland where 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered

2 of 6 The presidential couple prayed before laying a wreath at the Death Wall - where inmates were sprayed with bullets.

3 of 6 They then viewed the gas chambers and crematorium ovens where Jews, Poles, Gypsies and Soviet citizens were murdered.

4 of 6 Mr Bush said the site "was a sobering reminder of the power of evil and the need for people to resist evil".

5 of 6 The couple walked across the railroad tracks that transported inmates to the gas chambers at the nearby Birkenau site.

6 of 6 "Mankind must come together to fight such dark impulses. The civilised world must never forget," Mr Bush said.