CENTRAL Devon MP Mel Stride marked Holocaust Memorial Day by signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment in the House of Commons.

The book honours those who died during the Holocaust as well as the Holocaust survivors who work to educate young people about what they endured.

Monday, January 27 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.

But the day also goes beyond the Second World War and remembers the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

After signing the book Mel said: “The theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations is ‘Stand Together’, which could not be more appropriate.

“Prejudice and intolerance are best challenged when we stand together as a society and collectively say that any form of anti-Semitism, racism or discrimination is unacceptable.”

Karen Pollock MBE, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said: “As the Holocaust moves further into history, it falls on all of us to ensure that their stories and the stories of the six million Jewish men, women and children brutally murdered by the Nazis, are never forgotten.

“We all have a duty to remember the Holocaust and to stand up against antisemitism and hate, now more than ever.”

For more information about the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust visit: www.hmd.org.uk .