I will never forget my recent visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and today as we pay tribute to the survivors of the Holocaust and remember all those lives that were taken in humanity’s darkest hour, we must pledge to always remember, educate and learn.

The polling provided by the Holocaust Memorial Day is very disturbing and highlights the duty all of us have to ensure each new generation learns of the true horror of the Holocaust and how bigotry and antisemitism lead to the murder of millions of Jewish people in concentration camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau.  The Holocaust Educational Trust do vital work with their ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme which sees thousands of young people visit the camps each year and it is important that as many young people as possible continue to take part in that programme.