81 years ago today, Auschwitz was liberated.
We pause to honour the six million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust, alongside people with disabilities, Roma & Sinti communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and all others who were persecuted & murdered by the Nazi regime.
Peace is something we must protect together by recognising how division and intolerance can grow into unimaginable atrocities. Remembering those dark chapters should compel us to create a more hopeful and humane future.
May those who were taken rest in peace. May those who live on never lose sight of where antisemitism, extremism, and hatred can ultimately lead.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 