Jews alighting from a train in the Nazis' Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in 1944 (Image: AFP/Getty Images)
As Members of Parliament who enter the House of Commons via different lobbies, we are no strangers to working with our differences. On some occasions, however, is it important for all Britons to see their representatives join hands and January 27 – Holocaust Memorial Day – is one of those moments.
Speaking as a Christian and a Muslim, respectively, we both know that marking Holocaust Memorial Day is more important than ever. Commemorating the millions of people who were murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur is vital for us to learn where persecution based on faith and identity can lead.
