This week Robbie Moore MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on behalf of his constituents in Keighley and Ilkley. In doing so, Moore 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.
This year marks 77 years since the liberation of the concentration camps of Europe and the end of the Second World War. The 27th January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, marked Holocaust Memorial Day.
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 ‘One Day’.
Robbie Moore MP commented: “Holocaust Memorial Day is an important opportunity for us all to reflect on the darkest times of European history.
The Holocaust is a stain on the history of our planet, and we must do all we can to ensure that such an event will never be able to happen again.
It is particularly important that we ensure our children, and indeed all in society have an understanding of the atrocities that went on during the Holocaust through continuous education at school, because we must ensure that as a country we never forget the truth of the Holocaust.”
Karen Pollock CBE, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said: “As the Holocaust fades from living memory, it falls on all of us to ensure that their stories and the stories of the 6 Jewish million men, women and children brutally murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, are never forgotten. We all have a duty to remember the Holocaust and to stand up against antisemitism and hate, now more than ever.”
