ON January 27 every year we mark national Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Holocaust was a defining event of the 20th century. It represented the evil ideology and actions of an unspeakable regime that rode roughshod over humanity and human dignity.
Many sorts of people were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust: Jews, gipsies, east Europeans, political opponents, disabled people, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people and homosexuals.
Every year Holocaust Memorial Day adopts a theme. This year's theme considers the Holocaust in light of the Rwandan genocide 10 years ago and asks whether we have learned the lessons from the Holocaust.
On Tuesday we might pause for a moment to consider what little things each of us can do to ensure that the circumstances that lead to the Holocaust cannot take root again.
A MURRISON,
Shadow Health Minister,
House of Commons.
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