EVENTS are to take place to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in St Helens.


A formal commemoration ceremony will be held at St Helens Town Hall will take place tomorrow, Friday, January 26 at 10am, and will see performances and readings from school children based on this year’s theme, The Power of Words.


Places must be booked in advance by visiting culturalhubs.eventbrite.co.uk


Cllr Sue Murphy, St Helens Council’s cabinet member for leisure services and libraries, said: “Holocaust Memorial Day provides us with an opportunity for all the diverse strands of our communities to come together, to honour the survivors but it’s also a chance to look to our own lives and communities today.


“For those able to attend the town hall service, I would encourage you to do so because it really is a fitting service – and we are also very fortunate to have such an enthralling exhibition right on our doorstep too which is certainly worth-while seeing while it’s around.”


Other events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day include; a performance by musician and music teacher, Julia Cadman on Monday, January 29 at Haydock Library and an exhibition at Haydock library called ‘Rescues of the Holocaust: Remembering Raoul Wallenberg and Lives Saved,’ which is on loan from one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Wiener Library until Friday, February 2.