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Borough to remember victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day
The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane will lead a short service to remember the victims of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide, later this month.The annual Holocaust Memorial Day service marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia. The service will remember those who suffered and died, as well as those still living who have lost friends and loved ones to genocide.
The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane Cllr Dan Putty will lead tributes at 10am on Monday 27 January at the War Memorial by the Civic Offices. Cllr Putty, together with the Leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Cllr Paul Harvey, will lay a wreath on behalf of the borough. A bugler will mark a one-minute silence.
The theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is ‘For a Better Future’, which encourages people to learn about the Holocaust and more recent genocides for a better future.
The Mayor said: “In this 80th anniversary year of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenauand and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia, it is especially important that we take a moment to pause and remember all victims of genocide and to give thought to the lessons that must be learned to ensure that we create a better future for us all.
“It is also an opportunity for us to show our support for those who have suffered the loss of family and friends in genocides throughout time and across the world.”
Holocaust Memorial Day has been commemorated worldwide since 2000 on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.
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