Guy Opperman MP has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.

He honoured Holocaust victims and survivors who educate the youth during a signing ceremony this week.

The MP said: "Holocaust Memorial Day is an important opportunity for people from Tynedale and Ponteland, and beyond, to reflect on the darkest times of European history.

"Today, I pledge to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust and speak out against all forms of antisemitism, which in recent months has risen exponentially and which needs to be tackled head on."

Holocaust Memorial Day is recognised annually on January 27, echoing the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp in 1945.

Commemorative events will be held by schools, faith groups, and community organisations on and in the lead up to Holocaust Memorial Day, to remember victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

The theme for this year's commemorations is 'Fragility of Freedom'. On the day, tribute is also paid to the persecuted groups during the Nazi rule, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled individuals, gay men, political adversaries of the Nazis, and others.

Recognition is also given to those affected by genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur post the Holocaust.

Karen Pollock CBE, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said: "On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, and we honour those who survived."

"When the concentration camps of Europe were liberated, the reality of the Nazi attempt to eradicate world Jewry became clear. In newspapers, cinema and radio broadcasts the atrocities were laid bare. The phrase ‘Never Again’ was coined, reflecting the hope that the Holocaust would forever represent the ultimate result of anti-Jewish hatred; a warning signal for generations to come of where unchecked antisemitism could lead.

She said: "This Holocaust Memorial Day, as antisemitism once again sweeps across the globe, it is more important than ever to remember the six million Jewish victims and remind ourselves that anti-Jewish racism did not begin nor end with the Holocaust."