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    Ealing.gov.uk, UK
    Jan 29 2014

    Ealing marks Holocaust Memorial Day

    Published 29 January 2014


    Children from four local schools were among those who joined a moving
    ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Ealing on Monday, 27
    January.

    Leader of Ealing Council, Councillor Julian Bell and Ealing's Mayor,
    Councillor Kamaljit Dhindsa led the ceremony with Rabbi Janet Burden
    from Ealing Synagogue. Pupils from Hambrough, Beaconsfield, Tudor and
    North primary schools took part. Other attendees included Deputy Mayor
    of Ealing, Councillor Tej Ram Bagha, councillors, guests and members
    of the public.

    A minute's silence was held and a tree was planted in memory of all
    those around the world who lost their lives as a result of acts of
    genocide, including victims of the Nazi Holocaust and all other
    victims of persecution, genocide and torture around the world,
    including those in Armenia, Assyria, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sri
    Lanka, Rwanda and Darfur

    Councillor Bell reminded people that it was 69 years to the day since
    Soviet soldiers finally liberated Auschwitz concentration camp in
    south-west Poland. He also urged people to take a stand against
    discrimination and said: "I also hope we will pass the lessons of the
    past on to our children, so that they too will challenge persecution
    and continue to commemorate this day for years to come."


    http://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/872/ealing_marks_holocaust_memorial_day

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