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Loughborough MP Commits to Safeguard the Legacy of Holocaust Survivors

Posted on 26/01/2010
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Today MP Andy Reed pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who perished in the Holocaust.

With 27th January marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Holocaust Educational Trust placed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to give MPs the opportunity to remember those who were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust - and to support a ‘Legacy of Hope’, learning from Survivors’ experiences to help create a future free from hatred and prejudice.

In doing so, Andy Reed MP paid tribute to those remarkable individuals who survived the appalling events of the Holocaust and have since dedicated their lives to educating younger generations about the dangers of allowing persecution and intolerance to take hold in society.

On and around Holocaust Memorial Day, schools, local communities and faith groups from across the UK will join together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Thousands of events are being held across the country to commemorate all those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides.

The aim of the day is to motivate people – individually and collectively, to ensure that the horrendous crimes, racism and victimisation committed during the Holocaust and subsequent genocides are neither forgotten nor repeated. This year is the ninth year that Holocaust Memorial Day has been commemorated in the UK.

Andy said

"I joined the HET in a visit to Auschwitz last year with pupils from local schools. I have always campaigned against fascism and racism but having visited Auschwitz to witness the true horror of what mankind can do to itself when ignorance and hatred for the stranger takes over has renewed my anger and passion to take on the ignorance of the likes of the BNP who peddle the same vile nonsense as the Nazis in Germany.”

“I signed the book to say I will never forget. I hope that others will stop and think the same things and when they get the chance to take action to stop hatred in their own hearts. That's where it starts."