‘we must fight prejudice and discrimination in our own society from wherever it comes’ – Mark Lazarowicz MP
Local MP Mark Lazarowicz has issued a renewed call to reject prejudice and intolerance. His message comes on Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year marks the 70thanniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The North & Leith MP said: “I have visited Auschwitz myself and seen the collections of hair, teeth and shoes taken from victims after being transported in cattle trucks to be systematically murdered, starved through slave labour, subject to medical experiments, as if their lives had no value.
“Nazism sought to persecute and murder people on the basis of religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political allegiance or disability: to deny the common humanity that unites us.
“The recent horrific events in Paris underline the continuing relevance of Holocaust Memorial Day. The vast numbers in France who marched against intolerance was inspiring and I was moved to stand with French people in the UK at a demonstration in solidarity with the victims and their families.
“Edinburgh, like the rest of the UK, is home to people from so many different countries, religions and ethnic backgrounds and is the stronger for it: we must fight prejudice and discrimination in our own society from wherever it comes.”
Amongst other activities today in Edinburgh, there will be events throughout on the different campuses of Edinburgh College, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day including small displays, a candle lighting ceremony and short films about survivors’ stories.
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