THE BROMSGROVE community came together for Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday.
A poignant service took place at Bromsgrove Council House at Parkside.
The event opened with welcomes from Bromsgrove District Council Chairman, Coun Sam Evans, and leader, Coun Karen May.
The service was led bu Rev Alan Conant and CE John Leach lit the Holocaust Memorial Day candle.
Pradeep Chaudhari said a prayer during the service which brought together people from different faiths, along with those with no faith.
This year’s theme ‘Bridging Generations’ epotomises the importance that remembrance is observed and knowledge of the tragedies are passed between all age groups.
At the Bromsgrove service, there were pupils from several schools in Bromsgrove, including Alvechurch Middle, Aston Fields Middle, Parkside Middle, St John’s Middle, Catshill Middle, Rigby Hall School, Bromsgrove School, Woodrush High and North Bromsgrove High.
Woodrush High School students performed a song there.
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Worcestershire, Sir Nicholas Lechmere Bt, read the Act of Commitment.
Afterwards, Bromsgrove District Council Chairman, Coun Evans, laid a floral wreath at the Holocaust memorial in Sanders Park.
This year marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp.
The event offers the chance to remember the 6million Jewish people murdered and to honour the survivors who have dedicated their lives to raising awareness of the atrocity and others.
