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| City hosts Holocaust Day ceremony | |
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| About 1,400 people have attended a national ceremony in Liverpool to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. | |
| Survivors and religious leaders were among those at the Philharmonic Hall, in the European Capital of Culture. | |
| The service marked the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and victims of other atrocities will also be remembered. | |
| The Muslim Council of Britain has ended its boycott of the event. It had wanted more recognition of recent genocides. | The Muslim Council of Britain has ended its boycott of the event. It had wanted more recognition of recent genocides. |
| Guests at the ceremony included Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears. | |
| 'Mass graves' | 'Mass graves' |
| It included personal testimony from survivors and relatives, poetry, music and speeches. | |
| This is an opportunity for people to come together and say 'never again' and mean it and act upon it Karen Pollock Holocaust Educational Trust In Pictures: Ceremonies | This is an opportunity for people to come together and say 'never again' and mean it and act upon it Karen Pollock Holocaust Educational Trust In Pictures: Ceremonies |
| Christine Shaw, of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said the event aimed to "reflect on the lessons society can learn from the Holocaust and other genocides in an effort to tackle the intolerance and prejudice that still exists in the UK today". | |
| Karen Pollock, of the Holocaust Educational Trust, told BBC Radio Five Live it was important to make what had happened in the past relevant to today. | Karen Pollock, of the Holocaust Educational Trust, told BBC Radio Five Live it was important to make what had happened in the past relevant to today. |
| "The fact is that racism still exists, that genocide is taking place in Darfur, and genocide has happened since the Holocaust, for instance Cambodia [and] Rwanda. | "The fact is that racism still exists, that genocide is taking place in Darfur, and genocide has happened since the Holocaust, for instance Cambodia [and] Rwanda. |
| "This is an opportunity for people to come together and say 'never again' and mean it and act upon it." | "This is an opportunity for people to come together and say 'never again' and mean it and act upon it." |
| Former BBC war correspondent and independent MP Martin Bell and Liverpudlian actor Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, were also expected to be present. | |
| Mr Bell said: "The mass graves and memorials at Srebrenica, or the piles of skulls heaped in Cambodian Stupas, are just a few reminders of the millions of people killed in politically orchestrated acts of ethnic cleansing since the Holocaust." | Mr Bell said: "The mass graves and memorials at Srebrenica, or the piles of skulls heaped in Cambodian Stupas, are just a few reminders of the millions of people killed in politically orchestrated acts of ethnic cleansing since the Holocaust." |
| Interpretation | Interpretation |
| Events are being held across the UK and more than 2,000 schools are taking part during the course of the week. | Events are being held across the UK and more than 2,000 schools are taking part during the course of the week. |
| They include: | They include: |
| An Anne Frank play performed by children at King's School in Rochester, Kent. | An Anne Frank play performed by children at King's School in Rochester, Kent. |
| Scouts will plant trees near Lewes, Sussex, and a service will be held at the North West Surrey Synagogue, in Weybridge. | Scouts will plant trees near Lewes, Sussex, and a service will be held at the North West Surrey Synagogue, in Weybridge. |
| Schools in Lewisham, London, will present their interpretation of the theme through dance, drama, songs and readings. | Schools in Lewisham, London, will present their interpretation of the theme through dance, drama, songs and readings. |
| Commemorative multi-faith services in Barnet, Haringey, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Romford. | Commemorative multi-faith services in Barnet, Haringey, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Romford. |
| An exhibition of paintings and stained glass by Moshe Gallili, a Holocaust survivor, in Enfield. | An exhibition of paintings and stained glass by Moshe Gallili, a Holocaust survivor, in Enfield. |
| Holocaust survivor, Steven Frank, will tell his story during an evening at Reading Council Chamber on Thursday, which will be followed by a panel debate on extremism. | Holocaust survivor, Steven Frank, will tell his story during an evening at Reading Council Chamber on Thursday, which will be followed by a panel debate on extremism. |