Local MP has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment

Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, has joined fellow Members of Parliament in signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.

In doing so he pledged his commitment to marking Holocaust Memorial Day, honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people nowadays.

Holocaust Memorial Day falls on January 27 and marks the liberation of the infamous former Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. This year marks the 80^th anniversary of the liberation in 1945. Across the UK – and internationally – people will come together to remember the Holocaust.

2025 is a significant anniversary year marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps of Europe. With survivors becoming older and frailer, this is likely to be the last significant anniversary at which Holocaust survivors will be present, and able to share their eye-witness testimony. As the Holocaust moves from living memory to history, this Holocaust Memorial Day presents a key opportunity to bring the Holocaust to the fore of our national consciousness.

In the lead-up to and on Holocaust Memorial Day, thousands of commemorative events will be arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country, remembering all the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. The theme for this year’s commemorations is ‘For a Better Future’.

Mr Madders said:

“I pledge to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust and speak out against all forms of antisemitism, which in recent months has risen exponentially and which needs to be tackled head on.

“On Holocaust Memorial Day we also remember and pay tribute to all of those persecuted by the Nazis, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, gay men, political opponents to the Nazis and others. We also remember all of those affected by genocide since, in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.”

Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has recently returned from his first “utterly harrowing” visit to Auschwitz. He was accompanied by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, who is Jewish and has visited Auschwitz once before.

Pictured - Justin Madders MP signs the Book of Commitment 2025.