24 January 2018
West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has joined MPs from up and down the country marking Holocaust Memorial Day ahead of national events on Saturday.
The MP this week signed the book of remembrance at the Houses of Parliament ahead of the annual event to mark to liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945.
The events are organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust which runs learning sessions for young people and has run many local events involving holocaust survivors across West Worcestershire as well as taking pupils to see the camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Harriett said: “The Holocaust Education Trust do remarkable work ensuring that today’s schoolchildren hear first-hand about the Holocaust.
“I have visited the camp myself with a group of local school children and have seen how affecting the trip can be. As the number of survivors declines, the Holocaust Education Trust ensures we never forget about this most horrific chapter in human history.”