DECADES HAVE PAST BUT WE MUST STILL REMEMBER

THIS month marks the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.

In the weeks leading up to and after Holocaust Memorial Day, on Monday 27 January, thousands of commemorative events were arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country, to remember all the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

The Holocaust remains one of the most horrific chapters in human history, and something we must never forget.

For my part, I had no hesitation whatsover in signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment in the House of Commons, honouring those who died during the Holocaust as well as the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people about what they endured.