City’s Holocaust Memorial Day event

AN EVENT to mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is to take place at Leeds Town Hall next week.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Jan 2012, 06:00 BST

The annual event takes place on Sunday, January 29, from 1.30pm and will be hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Revd Alan Taylor and will include speakers, artwork, live music and performances.

The Lord Mayor will light a candle to commemorate all those who have been affected by the Holocaust and more recent genocides such as those in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur.

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“Holocaust Memorial Day allows us to honour survivors of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides and join together in remembrance. It’s an opportunity to try and learn lessons from history so it doesn’t repeat itself. Without those who spoke up in the past we would not have the freedoms we have today,” the Lord Mayor said yesterday.

Everyone is welcome to attened the event. Leeds West, MP Rachel Reeves, who is giving the keynote address, said yesterday: “It is important that as a city we remember what happened and learn the lessons of history from it.”

For more information visit the website www.leeds.gov.uk/arts

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