THIS week Cardenden and Kinglassie MP Peter Grant signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.

This year we are marking 75 years since the liberation of the concentration camps of Europe and the end of the Second World War. At the end of the month, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, people across the globe will remember.

In the lead up to and on Holocaust Memorial Day, thousands of commemorative events will be arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country, remembering all the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. The theme for this year’s commemorations is ‘Stand Together’.

After signing the Book of Commitment, the Glenrothes MP commented: “Holocaust Memorial Day is an important opportunity for people to reflect on the darkest days of European history.

"I’ve had the privilege of speaking to Holocaust survivors whose memories of the awful things they witnessed are as vivid today as they were nearly eighty years ago.

“The day will come when none of these witnesses are left alive and as the Holocaust moves from living history to history, it becomes ever more important that we take the time to remember the six million Jewish victims and the millions of other victims of genocides.

"We must also pay tribute to the survivors whose testimonies are a warning we simply can’t afford to ignore.”

Karen Pollock MBE, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said: “As the Holocaust moves further into history, it falls on all of us to ensure that their stories and the stories of the 6 million Jewish men, women and children brutally murdered by the Nazis, are never forgotten.

"We all have a duty to remember the Holocaust and to stand up against antisemitism and hate, now more than ever.”