Liberation of Auschwitz marked 70 years on
Memorial services are being held across the region today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
School children mark Holocaust anniversary
Seventy years since the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, pupils from a Jewish school in Leeds have been learning about the Holocaust.
A special assembly was held at Brodetsky Primary School to remember the 11 million victims murdered during world war two.
More than half of those killed were Jewish, and candles were lit today in tribute.
Head teacher Jeremy Dunford and pupil Dorneka Ward, 11, told ITV Calendar that events like today's would ensure the Holocaust would not be forgotten by future generations:
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