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Issue Date:- 28 January 2008

Remembering the victims of Holocaust

ON Sunday, 27 January 2008, across the UK and all over the world, people paid their respects to the victims of the Holocaust. On Merseyside, Liverpool held a massive service and in Southport also, a service was held. Sadly, as one of the many victims of the Holocaust who lives in Liverpool said:- "It saddens me that you just have to open a national newspaper or watch the TV to see that these events are still happening all over the world. If I can say this, thankfully they are not on the same scale as in WW2, but they are still happening. No matter what race or religion people are, we need to remember what happened over the dark days of the Nazi rise to power and the fall. Many forget that it was not just the Jewish community who were affected by the events of WW2. Sadly, it also affected the disabled and also the gay and lesbian community, gypsies and lots of other communities. All of them, like ours, singled out as being different and made into a threat to the nation. Whenever intolerance raises its head in a society, national or international, tensions build. All it takes is a small problem to affect a large section of the majority of a community and the tensions build and revenge takes root leading to innocent people, often the minority, getting caught in the cross fire. Just look at Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and as of late Darfur and now Kenya. We, as a society, must remember just how easy it is to create situations like this and be on the look out in order to stop it. Even in the UK, events could easily, if unchecked, result in another holocaust. So we must remember and respect the dead, not only for our lost loved ones, but also to help us remember how it took place and to warn future generations of what can happen so easily."

In Southport, the weather was overcast and cold, but that did not put off a large crowd who gathered near the Southport Garden of Remembrance on Lord Street. Representatives of the Sefton Jewish community joined the Mayor of Sefton Cllr. Richard Hands and members of the Southport Churches, as well as representatives from Sefton Council, Merseyside Police, representatives of the Air Force, Army and Navy, as well as the Chairman of the Southport branch of AJEX. Also representatives of the Royal British Legion, as well as the gay community, the disabled community and many others, all of them standing for a service and a one minute silence to mark the many who lost their lives in that tragic and horrific period of European history. This was a moving event that was followed by a reception in the Southport Arts Centre and signing a Book of Remembrance.

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