speaker, may i start by thanking you for commissioning the holocaust educational trust's exhibition in house, and for your unwavering personal commitment to holocaust remembrance? as we approach holocaust memorial day, will the prime minister join me in commending the holocaust educational trust for its important work, particularly its work with holocaust survivors who, despite living through the darkest moment in human history, continue to share their testimony in the hope of ensuring "never again." in the face of the appalling rise in antisemitism that we see on the streets of britain, will my right honorable friend join me in encouraging all members to sign the book of commitment and stand up against antisemitism? quick i join my honorable friend in paying tribute to the holocaust educational trust for it brilliant work, and i thank her for all her work on this issue. i will be signing the book of commitment this afternoon, during my meeting with lily ebert, and i encourage members on both sides of the house to do the same and to reaffirm our shared determination to ensure that the

our focus at the holocaust educational _ what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational trustoung people and we take thousands of people and we take thousands of people every year to auschwitz to see firsthand the sight of what was a killing factory. there are two things that always struck me when i go to auschwitz with the trust. 0ne go to auschwitz with the trust. one is the scale, this was a factory, built for one purpose, it was not repurposed, it was built with murder in mind. 0n the second is the reflection that it takes human beings to sit down and think through how can we destroy people in the most efficient way. it's a disturbing sight but it has a profound impact on everyone who sees it including those young people and many of those young people come back to the uk and want to become ambassadors for the holocaust educational trust and take the message of what happens when anti—semitism and hate takes over back into the community. his anti-semitism and hate takes over back into the community.- back into the community. as you mentioned _ back into the community. as you

edward lewin is a trustee at the holocaust educational trust. me earlier about the impact over the years of commemorating the holocaust memorial day. it's a really important time in our calendar, we reflect and we mourn and we consider the lessons of what happens when anti—semitism and hatred take hold. it commemorates the murder of 6 millionjewish people — men, women and children in the holocaust and the terrible genocides in cambodia, darfur, bosnia and rwanda. it is an important time. tell us about the work that you are doing because young people will have no memory of what happened. our focus at the holocaust educational trust is young people and we take thousands of people every year to auschwitz to see firsthand the sight of what was a killing factory. there are two things that always strike me when i go to auschwitz with the trust. one is the scale, this was a factory, built for one purpose, it was not repurposed, it was built with murder in mind. the second is the reflection that it takes human beings to sit down and think through how ca

mr speaker, can i start by thanking you for commissioning the holocaust educational trust exhibition ersonal, unwavering commitment to holocaust remembrance? >> mr speaker, as we approached holocaust memorial day, will the prime ministerjoin me in commending the important work of the educational trust , the holocaust educational trust, in particular work with in particular their work with holocaust who, despite holocaust survivors who, despite living through the darkest moment human history , moment in human history, continue to share their testimony in the hope of ensuring never again in the face of the appalling rise in anti—semitism which we see on the streets of britain. >> will my right hon. friend join me in encouraging all members book of members to sign the book of commitment stand up against commitment and stand up against anti—semitism ? anti—semitism? >> mr speaker, i join my hon. friend in paying tribute to the brilliant work of the holocaust educational trust and thank her for all her work on this issue. i'll be signing the of i'll be signing the book of commitment during

awarded an mbe for speaking about his experience to young people in schools, through the holocaust educational trust'sorjoining us here on bbc news. i wasjust reading about your story. you were just five years old when you had to be rescued before being taken to auschwitz. could you just tell us a bit more about your experience and what you remember of it? it about your experience and what you remember of it?— remember of it? it happened a very lona time remember of it? it happened a very long time ago. _ remember of it? it happened a very long time ago, when _ remember of it? it happened a very long time ago, when the _ remember of it? it happened a very long time ago, when the germans l long time ago, when the germans invaded what was yugoslavia in march 1944, the transport started very, very quickly. within two months 130,000 jews were transported from yugoslavia to auschwitz, the vast majority never returned. my parents were taken to the assembly point at a synagogue. they were told they were going to some place in the east to work in a factory to help the german war effort. before they did that m

the holocaust educational trust says that this year's holocaust memorial day will be really difficultdue to the ongoing hamas—israel conflict. well known landmarks will be lit up in purple across the uk later this evening to mark the occasion. chief executive karen pollock said that the huge increase in anti—semitism since the october 7th attacks means that the jewish community will mark the occasion with heavier hearts. members of the public are also being encouraged to light a candle and place it in the window to remember those murdered due to persecution over their identity . this is gb news their identity. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news now let's get back to ellie and peter. >> thanks, ray. now take a look at these. now they're called zombie knives. they're the size of machetes . they have of machetes. they have a serrated blade on one side and a sharp blade on the other. serrated blade on one side and a sharp blade on the other . the

said you're not going to talk about the present situation, but you were many years with the holocaust education trustyou think that people in britain, for example , today, insufficient example, today, insufficient numbers , remember, understand numbers, remember, understand and believe that the holocaust occurred ? occurred? >> well, first of all, can i just say something that would used to give me until recently used to give me until recently used to give me until recently used to give me a lot of strength and positive thinking , strength and positive thinking, and that is the fact that i discovered, first of all, a number of young people working for the holocaust educational trust who are not jewish, jewish, and that that filled me with incredible strength. a feeling of hope, a feeling that something has happened and that changes the way human beings are beginning to think. changes the way human beings are beginning to think . good and beginning to think. good and evil has always existed in the history of mankind . so it history of mankind. so it depends on how we cope with the evil, how we face up

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speaker as we embrace holocaust memorialay, will you join me in the educational trust withheir work withocaust survivors, the darkest moment of human history and continue to share their testimony in the rise in anti-semitism again on the streets of prison will my friend joined me encouraging members to sign the commitment and stand up against anti-semitism? >> i joined my honorable friend paying tribute to the brilliant work of the holoational trust. i will be signing the book of commitment this afternoon during my meeting and i encourage all sides to do the same and reaffirm with shared commitment that the holocaust is neve forgotten. >> mr. speakeri am from a proud steel community and i stand with the steelworkers in this worrying time. my constituents don't want to see their taxpayer money used to to make british workers redundant. their steelmaking capacity decimated. our national security compromised. will the prime ministerhange by starting looking at the crible multi-union plan to safeguard our steel industry's long-term future? >> mr. speakeri know that this is an anxious time fo

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