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Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is an occasion for all of us

Hundreds of schools, local authorities, museums and interfaith organisations will be marking the event on January 27

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

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Pupils from Canon Burrows Church of England Primary School in Manchester with their 80 Candles for 80 Years project (Photo/Jon Super)

On Holocaust Memorial Day, let’s safeguard human dignity for all

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg greet representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust including Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott (c) before signing a Book of Commitment pledging their support and commitment to remembering the Holocaust, at 10 Downing Street on January 24, 2012 in London, England. Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg both met with representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 28. (Photo by Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

Sir Ben taught us the importance of teaching the next generation about the Shoah

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A group of Jewish civilians being held at gunpoint by German SS troops after being forced out of a bunker where they were sheltering during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in German-occupied Poland, World War II, 19th April - 16th May 1943. The photograph is from an official report from SS and Police Leader JÃ¼rgen Stroop to SS commander Heinrich Himmler, entitled 'Es gibt keinen jÃ¼dischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr!' ('There is no Jewish Quarter of Warsaw Any more!"). The SS man on the right is SS-RottenfÃ¼hrer Josef BlÃ¶sche, who was executed for war crimes, in East Germany in 1969. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

We must always remember the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto

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