Local MP signs the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment

The murder of as many as six million Jewish adults and children, 80 years ago, must never been forgotten, says a local MP.

Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Justin Madders has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.

In doing so he pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and 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 today.

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

Mr Madders said: “Holocaust Memorial Day is an important opportunity for people to reflect on the darkest times of European history. I pledged to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust.”

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 ‘Ordinary People’.

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.