After nearly 47 hours of cycling, Czech cyclist Lukáš Klement has completed his 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) journey to create the world’s largest “Never again” sign.

Riding through Poland in harsh winter conditions that included snow, winds and freezing temperatures of -8 degrees Celsius (18° Fahrenheit), Klement rode a cumulative time of 46 hours, 56 minutes and 26 seconds on a route that spelled the phrase on the trail map ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“This is a victory of the spirit over the muscles,” Klement said after completing his trek. “The survival of the Jewish people enabled me to survive this journey. The story of Jewish survival is a victory of the spirit — and that is what gave me the motivation.”

Klement began his ride, organized in cooperation with Israel’s ZAKA Search and Rescue organization, in front of the infamous Gate of Death at the Auschwitz concentration camp on Thursday afternoon. The entrance to the camp bears the slogan “Arbeit macht frei,” German for “Work makes one free.”]

Klement, who is not Jewish, cooperated on this trip with ZAKA, which provides emergency response, rescue and recovery........

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