Angela Merkel was spotted losing her balance during her first ever trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp today.

Footage showed her turning around after laying wreaths at a former execution wall when she appeared to stumble and almost fall backwards.

She reached out her hand as the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki grabbed onto her to help steady her fall.

She reached out her hand as the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki grabbed onto her to help steady her fall at Auschwitz today

Others standing nearby rushed forward to check that was okay before they carried on with the visit.

It comes amid growing fears for the German Chancellor's health after she has been seen shaking on three separate occasions during public engagements this year.

She visited the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz today for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor, as Germany grapples with a resurgence of anti-Semitism and the growth of the far-right.

Others standing nearby rushed forward to check that was okay before they carried on with the visit

The stumble comes amid growing fears for the German Chancellor's health after she has been seen shaking on three separate occasions during public engagements this year. Pictured: the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki giver her a helping hand

Back in July Merkel insisted she was in good health after experiencing a third bout of shaking.

On 18 June, she was seen involuntarily shaking during military honours for the visiting Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

She later appeared to blame dehydration, saying she felt better after drinking some water.

She was seen going through a similar shaking episode just a week later, during an appointment with the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin.

The 65-year-old was then was seen trembling during military honours for Finland's prime minister Antti Rinne.

Merkel visited the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz today for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor

Today's visit to Auschwitz: From left to right: Piotr M.A. Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and President of theAuschwitz-Birkenau Foundation; World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder; German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined other dignitaries for a minutes silence and to lay wreaths at Auschwitz today

During a speech today Merkel said acknowledging Nazi crimes was an integral part of Germany's national identity in a message aimed at calls from the far right for a shift away from a culture of remembrance

During today's visit she held a minute's silence by the Death Wall where thousands of inmates were shot dead before giving a speech, as well as laying a wreath at the nearby Birkenau camp.

Merkel said acknowledging Nazi crimes was an integral part of Germany's national identity in a message aimed at calls from the far right for a shift away from a culture of remembrance.