Member of Parliament for Clwyd South, Simon Baynes MP, has signed in Parliament the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust.
This year marks 77 years since the liberation of the concentration camps of Europe and the end of the Second World War. On the 27th January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, people across the globe are marking Holocaust Memorial Day.
Mr Baynes met with the Holocaust Memorial Trust within Parliament and pledged his commitment to remembering the Holocaust, and paid tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
In the lead up to Holocaust Memorial Day, thousands of commemorative events have been arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country, remembering all of the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
After signing the Book of Commitment, Simon Baynes MP said:
“It is vital that we all take the opportunity this week, and on Holocaust Memorial Day, to reflect on one of the darkest times in world history and remember those who suffered and were murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. As time passes, it becomes ever more important that we take the time to remember the six million Jewish victims and also pay tribute to the incredible survivors. It is our responsibility to ensure they are never forgotten.”
